Cidadão Brasileiro
| Cidadão Brasileiro | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Lauro César Muniz |
| Written by | Dora Castellar Rosane Lima |
| Directed by | Flávio Colatrello Jr. |
| Starring | List
|
| Opening theme | "Ponteio" by Edu Lobo and Zizi Possi |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| No. of episodes | 213 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Record |
| Release | March 13 – November 20, 2006 |
Cidadão Brasileiro is a 213-chapter Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Record between March 13 and November 20, 2006, which replaced the news slot and was replaced by Vidas Opostas. It was written by Lauro César Muniz with the collaboration of Rosane Lima and Dora Castellar, and directed by Flávio Colatrello Jr, Fábio Junqueira, João Camargo, Ivan Zettel and Henrique Martins. It was the 4th telenovela aired by Record since 2004. It is also responsible for inaugurating the second telenovela slot on the channel, airing simultaneously with Prova de Amor. After premiering at 8:30 pm, Cidadão Brasileiro was transferred to 10 pm in the third month.
The title of the telenovela is a reference to the protagonist Antônio Maciel, an "ambiguous hero who oscillates between his professional dream and the temptation of easy money", according to Muniz. Journalist Marcelo Marthe from Veja magazine identified the conflict between honesty and corruption in Antônio. Both the ambiguity of the characters and the absence of most of the typical clichés of the genre are the main characteristics of the plot, which had its script highly praised by the press.
It features Gabriel Braga Nunes, Lucélia Santos, Paloma Duarte, Carla Regina, Floriano Peixoto, Luíza Tomé, Tuca Andrada and Leonardo Brício in the lead roles.