A Grande Família

A Grande Família (English: The Big Family) is a Brazilian television sitcom created by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Armando Costa that originally aired on Rede Globo from 29 March 2001 to 11 September 2014. The show tells the story of a typical middle-class family living in a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It is a remake of the series of the same name that aired in Brazil in the 1970s.

The family consists of a working father, Lineu, a housewife and mother, Nenê, their son Tuco, their daughter Bebel, and Bebel's fiancée, Agostinho, a taxi driver portrayed as the typical carioca malandro. The family's grandfather, Floriano, was written out of the story after the death of actor Rogério Cardoso.

In addition to being the longest-running Brazilian sitcom, A Grande Família is considered one of the most popular comedy shows in Brazil.

A film based on the series was released in theaters on 10 January 2007.

Plot

Lineu (Marco Nanini), the head of the family and quintessential patriarch, acts like a father to everyone in the house, including to his street-wise son-in-law, the hilarious Agostinho (Pedro Cardoso). Lineu is as methodical and strait-laced as Agostinho is roguish and full of mischief. Lineu is married to the sweet Nené (Marieta Severo), and unlike most long-married couples, they are still passionately in love.

Bebel (Guta Stresser) is their dreamer daughter whose head is constantly in the clouds. And, of course, she could only be married to Agostinho. This family couldn't be complete without the eternal teenager Tuco (Lúcio Mauro Filho), a real mommy's boy who doesn't get any breaks from his dad.

Cast and characters

Episodes

Reception

Awards and nominations

A Grande Familia has received awards, including seven Extra Awards, three Arte e Qualidade awards, one APCA award, and a nomination for an International Emmy Award for actor Pedro Cardoso.

References

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• A Grande Família at IMDb

1. Andréa Beltrão
2. Giulia Gam
3. Deborah Secco
4. Natália Lage
5. Guta Stresser
6. Marieta Severo
7. Luana Piovani
8. Daniel Boaventura
9. Pedro Cardoso (Brazilian actor)
10. Manuela Dias
11. Carla Diaz
12. List of awards and nominations received by A Grande Família
13. Camila Morgado
14. Mariana Ximenes
15. Dira Paes
16. Grazi Massafera
17. Leandra Leal
18. Jerry Adriani
19. Regina Duarte
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