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Young Hearts (1995)

Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Created byAndréa Maltarolli, Emanuel Jacobina

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  1. 01

    Malhação de Verão

    Same creator

    1996 · Comedy · Drama · Soap

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    Rancho da Maromba is the vacation destination for Luiza, Dado, Mocotó, Juli and the gym class, who travel to the colony in the forests in search of adventure, nature and fun.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • several principal cast members
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Tieta

    Similar atmosphere

    1989 · Comedy · Drama · Soap

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    Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: Estúdios Globo
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  3. 03

    The Thorn and the Rose

    Similar atmosphere

    2000 · 45 min · Comedy · Drama · Soap

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    A spoiled feminist, daughter of a rich father, even though she doesn't admit it, falls in love with a rustic farmer whom she marries.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: romance and telenovela
    • shared network: Estúdios Globo
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  4. 04

    Pepper Chocolate

    Similar atmosphere

    2003 · Comedy · Drama · Soap

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    Ana Francisca is a poor and ugly girl who, after being humiliated by the entire town, becomes a beautiful, stylish and rich woman who wants revenge. During this trajectory, this romantic comedy also shows the true love of Ana Francisca and Danilo that survives throughout the years, the distance and the traps of destiny. They will be part of a love triangle with Olga, a snobbish girl who is going to do anything to steal Danilo from Ana Francisca.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: romance and telenovela
    • shared network: Estúdios Globo
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  5. 05

    Kubanacan

    Shared cast

    2003 · 60 min · Comedy · Drama · Soap

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    The story begins in 1951 in Kubanacan, a small Caribbean island country known as a"banana republic", both for its prime export and its economic problems. After the death of the current president, General Carlos Camacho imposes a coup d'état and establishes a dictatorial regime. In addition, the new ruler marries the wife of her predecessor, Mercedes, first lady loved by the people for her help to the poor and with whom she had an affair for years. In the village of Santiago, a mysterious man falls from the sky during a storm with a chest shot, being saved by the fishermen and cared for by Marisol. Without memory, Esteban falls in love with the girl and disputes his heart with her husband, Enrico, who leaves and lets his ex-wife live with the new love, who takes over her two children. Seven years later, in 1958, Marisol meets Camacho, who convinces her to leave and live as his mistress, claiming she would never get out of poverty in the village.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a principal cast member
    • shared network: Estúdios Globo
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  6. 06

    Strawberries with Sugar

    Similar atmosphere

    2003 · 55 min · Comedy · Drama · Soap

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    Across several generations, groups of young Portuguese people navigate school life and summer holidays while dealing with friendships, first loves, rivalries, family conflicts and decisions that shape their future. Each season introduces new protagonists, schools and challenges, exploring themes related to adolescence, identity, responsibility and belonging. Sport, music, dance and other forms of expression accompany their journeys of growing up, marked by dreams, choices and ever-changing relationships.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  7. 07

    Student's Heart

    Same creator

    2002 · 45 min · Drama · Family · Soap

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    Biology professor Edu is an idealistic man who moves with his son Lipe to the charming, fictional town of Nova Aliança, in Minas Gerais, in search of a better quality of life. Edu is engaged to Amelinha, daughter of the wealthy and greedy rancher João Mourão. But this relationship becomes unstable when Edu falls in love with the dreamy lawyer Clara, daughter of Lígia and the experienced lawyer Raul Gouveia. Edu is a single father and tries to always be present in Lipe's life, attempting to keep him away from his mother, Mariana, whose drug addiction prevented her from raising her son. Edu's future father-in-law, João Mourão, is the biggest businessman in Nova Aliança: he owns a farm, a dairy, a meatpacking plant, and a transportation company. João takes issue with Edu when he discovers that the young man is a strong defender of nature and environmental protection laws, which turns him into a rival in the fight for a stretch of virgin forest.

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    • the same creator
    • substantial genre overlap
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  8. 08

    Forever and Ever

    Same creator

    2014 · 40 min · Drama · Soap

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    Revolves around Caíque, a doctor who can see and speak to spirits, and his passion for Laura, a journalist who seeks to discover her mother.

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    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  9. 09

    Sai de Baixo

    Strong series match

    1996 · Comedy

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    It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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  10. 10

    Pure Beauty

    Same creator

    2008 · 60 min · Soap

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    Beleza Pura is a Brazilian soap opera produced and broadcast by Rede Globo from February, 18 to September 12, 2007, with a total of 179 chapters. It replaced Sete Pecados, by Walcyr Carrasco at the 19h timeslot. It was written by the newcomer Andrea Maltarolli and co-written by Emanoel Jacobina, Ricardo Hoffstetter, Daisy Chaves, Flávia Bessone, and João Brandão, with text supervision by Silvio de Abreu, and general direction by Rogério Gomes.

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    • the same creator
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