O Fim do Mundo is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo from 6 May to 14 June 1996 in 35 chapters. It replaced Explode Coração and was replaced by O Rei do Gado, being the 52nd "novela das oito" (eight o'clock novela) produced by the network.

Written by Dias Gomes with collaboration of Ferreira Gullar, with general direction of Paulo Ubiratan and Gonzaga Blota and core direction of Paulo Ubiratan. He had José Wilker, Paloma Duarte, Maurício Mattar, Paulo Betti, Guilherme Fontes, Vera Holtz, Patrícia França, Marcos Winter, Bruna Lombardi and Lima Duarte in the main roles of the plot.

It was rebroadcast between 15 August and 29 September 2000, only for the Federal District, Fernando de Noronha, and on analog satellite television in 40 episodes, immediately after Jornal Nacional, while in the rest of Brazil, free election advertising for the municipal elections was being shown.[1]

Production

Dias Gomes wrote the text to be presented as a miniseries but, because of the number of chapters, 35, and the traditional time at which it was presented at 8 pm, it was released as a mininovel, although it was in practice a miniseries. This was due to the fact that the predecessor novel, Explode Coração, was shortened in two months, at the author's own request,[a][2] and her successor, O Rei do Gado, was not fully prepared.[b]

For the first time in a novel, objects and virtual animals were created on three computer platforms. For the recordings of the cataclysm a model was made, ten times smaller than the scenic city, which had 35 thousand square meters.

Cast

ActorCharacter
Paulo BettiJoãozinho de Dagmar
José WilkerSebastião Socó (Tião)
Bruna LombardiGardênia
Lima DuarteCoronel Hildazário Junqueira
Ângela VieiraMargarida Socó
Otávio AugustoTonico Laranjeira
Vera HoltzFlorisbela Mendonça (Belinha)
Paloma DuarteLetícia Socó
Maurício MattarRosalvo (Laudelino de Jesus Nogueira)
Guilherme FontesJosias Junqueira
Patrícia FrançaLucilene Barbosa
Marcos WinterArnaldo Mendonça (Nado)
Pedro Paulo RangelMudinho
Totia MeirelesCacilda
Mário BorgesJoca Mendonça
Renata DutraFabiana Mendonça
Eduardo GalvãoDr. José Otávio
Tatiana IssaMaria do Socorro Socó
Norton NascimentoFrei Eusébio
Oswaldo LoureiroDelegado Romildo Galvão
Alexia DechampsValdete
Isabel FillardisMarialva
Luciana CoutinhoJaciara
Lúcia AlvesFafá Badaró
Cininha de PaulaZizi Badaró
Ricardo BlatEmiliano
Carlos VerezaDr. Pestana
Tamara TaxmanClotilde
Tato Gabus MendesVadeco
Marilu BuenoDagmar
Marcelo FariaManinho Junqueira
Bernadeth LyzioElisa
Renata LimaDalva Junqueira
Carlos GregórioMichel Renault
Tonico PereiraChico Veloso
Estelita BellMaria Chupeta
Ariel CoelhoIrana
Mário LagoFrei Luiz
Fernanda LoboHelô
Denise MilfontBruna
Valter SantosJuvenal
Cleyde BlotaCreusa
David BrasilGisele
Fátima FreireMarieta
Rodolfo Bottinopromoter

Notes

  1. The author of Explode Coração, Glória Perez had to be released from her contract with Rede Globo at the beginning of May 1996 for the trial of Guilherme de Pádua and his wife Paula Nogueira Thomaz, murderers of Gloria Perez's daughter, actress Daniela Perez.
  2. O Rei do Gado would only premiere on June 17, 1996, three days after the end of O Fim do Mundo.

References

  1. "Folha de S.Paulo - Painel - 18/08/2000" (in Portuguese). www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  2. XAVIER, Nilson. "O Fim do Mundo - bastidores" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on January 2, 2014.