Herval Rossano (Director)

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Works

Pigmalião 70

The soap opera told the story of Fernando Dalba, or Nando, a fruit vendor who works with his mother, the Baroness, and his friends Gino and Guiomar. His life changes after he meets the wealthy widow Cristina Guimarães, owner of a beauty salon, who decides to teach him how to behave like a man of high society. Cristina's intention is to win a bet, but she falls in love with Nando, who is engaged to Candinha.

Release Date1970-03-02

Charactersd Fábio

Episode Count204

Vote Count1

Assim na Terra Como no Céu

Release Date1970-07-20

Charactersd Dr. Otto

Episode Count177

Vote Count3

Cuca Legal

'Cuca Legal' tells the story of Mário Barroso, a single aviator involved with three women at the same time: Virgínia, Irene, and Fátima. Virgínia is a wealthy businesswoman obsessed with the direction of her late father's business; Irene is a middle-class young woman who gives private piano lessons; and Fátima is a poor widow. Mário can't decide which of them is the ideal woman to give him a child with a "cool head" (cuca legal). Things get even more complicated when Maria Joaquina, nicknamed Kinu, Virgínia's mother, also catches the aviator's attention. To escape the troubles he constantly gets into, Mário relies on the help of his mother, Dalva, and Jacaré, his great friend.

Release Date1975-01-27

Charactersd Fausto Aragão

Episode Count119

Vote Count1

Bambolê

A widower who was anything but traditional for the 1950s, Álvaro has a frank relationship with his daughters and becomes the target of criticism from his sister-in-law Fausta, especially when he meets Marta.

Release Date1987-09-07

Charactersd Antenor de Souza

Episode Count174

Vote Count3

A Moreninha

On Paquetá Island, Carolina dreams of reuniting with a childhood sweetheart, unaware that it's Augusto, her brother's friend. After adventures and misunderstandings, the couple struggles to stay together.

Release Date1975-10-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd miliciano

Episode Count79

Vote Count4

Carinhoso

Cecília is in love with Eduardo, a millionaire who doesn't care about their relationship. Ready for a new direction in life, she ends the relationship and goes to work as a flight attendant in New York. Later, she returns to win back her love, but things are not the same anymore.

Release Date1973-07-02

Charactersd Santiago Morales

Episode Count174

Vote Count2

Salomé

Release Date1991-06-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Venâncio

Episode Count107

Vote Count2

As Três Marias

Maria Augusta, Maria José, and Maria da Glória reunite in Rio after studying together in Switzerland and prove their friendship despite many twists and turns, crimes, and romances.

Release Date1980-11-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd atendente na secretaria do clube frequentado por Glória

Episode Count162

Vote Count3

Sonhando com Milhões

Release Date1963-05-13

Charactersd Gervásio

Vote Count1

Senhora

The soap opera follows the story of young Aurélia Camargo (Norma Blum), a girl who falls in love with the ambitious young journalist Fernando Seixas (Cláudio Marzo), who also falls in love with her, but rejects her when he receives an invitation to marry Adelaide (Fátima Freire), the daughter of Tavares do Amaral (Felipe Wagner), a wealthy banker. Feeling abandoned by her great love, Aurélia dreams of one day having him back. Until, when she turns 18, she is surprised with an inheritance from her grandfather, and becomes a very rich woman, allowing her to create her own rules for her life. However, for the society of the time, it was not good form for a woman to enjoy such independence. For this reason, Aurélia begins to rely on a distant relative, Dona Firmina Mascarenhas (Zilka Sallaberry), to act as her mother, and on the administrator Mr. Lemos (Alberto Perez), to guide her in business. So, she sees a great opportunity to have Fernando in her life again.

Release Date1975-06-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd padre que celebra a missa (voz)

Episode Count79

Vote Count3

Maria 38

Maria is a young woman who becomes a well-known crook in the bohemian district of Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro. She earns her living with little scams and tricks. Nevertheless, she is good-hearted, and that's why her latest cheat doesn't work at all.

Release Date1959-08-14

Charactersd Henrique

Vote Count1

À Sombra dos Laranjais

Madalena hopes Pedro will fulfill the promise he made 28 years ago, while political rivalry separates the two families. The arrival of the circus reveals secrets and stirs up the town.

Release Date1977-02-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Pedro Lemos

Episode Count91

Vote Count2

O Casal

The story of the first steps of a very young couple. Their love is great, as are the financial obstacles and an unexpected pregnancy.

Release Date1975-05-22

Charactersd Doutor

Vote Count1

A Justiceira

Diana is woman who lost her child for her Husband. A evil man behind a series of crime operations. Searching for her son, Diana is hired for a underground organization to fight crimes all over Brazil. Now, Diana has the meanings to locate her former husband and search for her son.

Release Date1997-04-09

Charactersd Armando

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Republic

The transition from imperial Brazil to the Republic, marked by intrigue, rebellion, and popular indifference. Held in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of the Republic in Brazil.

Release Date1989-11-14

Charactersd Visconde de Ouro Preto

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Padre Cícero

When accused of disobeying Church norms and having his priestly rights suspended, Father Cícero intensifies his political activity in fulfilling his pastoral mission.

Release Date1984-04-09

Charactersd Adolfo

Episode Count20

Vote Count4

Denying Brazil

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.

Release Date2000-11-20

Charactersd Himself

Vote Count7

Fogo Sobre Terra

The plot takes place in a fictional city called Vale do Café, where two powerful families, the Toledo and Fontes, are locked in an intense dispute for power and land ownership. Conflicts are marked by betrayals, forbidden loves and dark secrets. The soap opera addresses themes such as ambition, revenge, romance and conflicts between families, showing the fire that consumes the land and human relationships.

Release Date1974-05-08

Charactersd Arthur Braga

Episode Count209

Vote Count2

Dona Xêpa

Dona Xepa is a vegetable stand owner. She dreams about the success of her scientist son. The film is based on the play by Pedro Bloch.

Release Date1959-10-13

Charactersd Edson

Vote Count1

O Homem dos Papagaios

Poor crook gets a job as janitor in a luxury house. But he starts pretending be the rich owner of the house and in no time is owing multiple debts.

Release Date1953-08-03

Charactersd Oscar

Vote Count1

O Craque

Minutes before the start of an important football match between Corinthians and the Uruguayan team of Carrasco, the main player of the São Paulo team, Baltazar ends up cut because of a serious appendicitis crisis. In place of the Corinthians top scorer, reserve Julinho is selected.

Release Date1953-12-22

Charactersd Dr. Mário

Vote Count1

A Gata Comeu

After getting lost on a sea excursion, Jô Penteado and Fábio Coutinho develop mutual feelings during the two months they spend stranded on a deserted island.

Release Date1985-04-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Self

Episode Count160

Vote Count9

Ciranda de Pedra

Set in 1940s São Paulo, the story follows Laura, a modern woman devoted to the arts who is oppressed by her husband, Natércio Prado—a wealthy man with traditional views. Amidst marital turmoil, Laura suffers a severe trauma and is even committed to an asylum by her husband. The couple separates, and the family is torn apart: Laura keeps her youngest daughter, Virgínia, while Natércio retains custody of the other daughters, Otávia and Bruna. Frail and penniless, Laura moves into the Vila Mariana home of her neurologist, Daniel. He is in love with his patient and believes her condition is physical rather than mental. Laura hides the fact that Virgínia is actually Daniel's daughter. The youngest daughter eventually returns to live with her father, where she faces hostility and harshness from the housekeeper, Frau Herta.

Release Date1981-05-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count159

Isaura: Slave Girl

Set in 19th-century Brazil during the waning years of slavery, Escrava Isaura tells the story of Isaura, a white-skinned enslaved woman raised with the manners and education of a noble lady. Though treated with affection by her mistress, Isaura remains legally enslaved and becomes the object of obsessive desire by Leôncio Almeida, the cruel heir to the plantation. After the death of her protector, Isaura falls under Leôncio’s control. Despite his attempts to seduce and dominate her, she resists, determined to preserve her dignity and freedom. Her father, Miguel, helps her escape to Recife, where she adopts a new identity and meets Álvaro, a wealthy and principled abolitionist who falls in love with her. Leôncio eventually tracks her down, leading to dramatic confrontations. In the end, Álvaro rescues Isaura by purchasing Leôncio’s debts, securing her freedom and affirming the story’s central themes of justice, love, and resistance against oppression.

Release Date1976-10-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count100

Vote Count21

Dona Xepa

A hardworking market vendor, Mrs. Xepa faces many sacrifices to raise her children alone. However, as they achieve social advancement, they begin to feel ashamed of their mother.

Release Date1977-05-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count132

Vote Count3

Olhai os Lírios do Campo

Eugênio Fontes is a medical student striving for upward social mobility. His impoverished childhood left him with an inferiority complex that hinders him in both his career and his romantic life; consequently, his struggles and dreams are entirely focused on achieving financial security. Deeply conflicted, he feels unable to love his parents, Alzira and Ângelo, to whom he owes his education. While in medical school, Eugênio meets Olívia Miranda, and the two fall in love. However, he ultimately marries Eunice—a beautiful, wealthy young woman and the daughter of the industrialist Cintra. Through his marriage to Eunice, Eugênio secures a good job and gains influential connections, such as a friendship with Felipe Lobo, a respected architect and associate of his father-in-law. Yet, as time goes by, the young doctor begins to question his marriage.

Release Date1980-01-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count108

Vote Count1

Gente Fina

Release Date1990-03-12

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count138

Vote Count1

Brava Gente

Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.

Release Date2000-12-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count6

Quem é Você?

Release Date1996-03-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count159

Vote Count2

Cabocla

The soap opera critiques the power struggles among rural politicians in the 1920s. Joaquim is shocked when a doctor reveals that his son, Luís Jerônimo, has a lung lesion. To recover his health, the young man leaves Rio de Janeiro for Colonel Boanerges's farm in Vila da Mata, Espírito Santo. There, he meets Zuca, and the two fall in love. Zuca is the colonel's goddaughter and the fiancée of the fearless cowboy Tobias, who refuses to accept the possibility of losing her to the outsider. Zuca and Luís Jerônimo face numerous obstacles in pursuing their love. Their romance is also threatened by the arrival of Pepa in Vila da Mata; having been in love with Luís Jerônimo back when he lived in Rio, she tries by every means possible to drive the couple apart.

Release Date1979-06-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count170

Vote Count1

Vejo a Lua no Céu

Fernando, a confirmed romantic, will do anything for his beloved Suzana. However, to live out their romance, he will have to go against his father, who rejects Suzana because of her economic status.

Release Date1976-02-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count119

Vote Count1

Cristal

Cristal is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from June 5 to October 27, 2006. It is an adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela Cristal (1985), created by Delia Fiallo. Adapted by Anamaria Nunes, with collaboration from Maria Lúcia Dahl, Marcelo César Fagundes, Eleusa Mancini, and Rogério Garcia, the telenovela stars Bianca Castanho, Dado Dolabella, Bete Coelho, Marisol Ribeiro, Alexandre Barillari, Giuseppe Oristanio, Bárbara Paz, and Eliana Guttman. The story follows Cristina, a young woman abandoned by her mother, Vitória, shortly after birth and raised in a convent. Years later, Cristina becomes a successful model known as Cristal and unknowingly crosses paths with her biological mother, now a powerful fashion businesswoman. While searching for her identity and a place in the world, Cristina falls in love with João Pedro, but their romance is threatened by family secrets, social differences, jealousy, and the painful revelations about her past.

Release Date2006-06-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count125

Vote Count4

Novo Amor

Release Date1986-07-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count60

Vote Count2

Terras do Sem Fim

The central theme of the soap opera is the struggle for political control in the interior of Bahia between the two most powerful *coronéis* (landowning bosses) of the cocoa region: Sinhô Badaró and Horácio da Silveira. Virgílio, an ambitious lawyer, is summoned to the town by Colonel Horácio but ends up becoming involved with Ester, the colonel's wife. Captain João Magalhães is a card sharp who poses as a military engineer, successfully deceiving the entire town. He falls in love with Sinhô Badaró's daughter, Donana. By the end of the story, he reveals that he had only gotten close to the Badarós out of opportunism. After numerous clashes with Sinhô Badaró, Colonel Horácio secures political power in the town of Ferradas, with the acknowledgment of the local population.

Release Date1981-11-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count90

Vote Count1

Dona Beija

Release Date1986-03-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count89

Vote Count5

O Feijão e o Sonho

Juca Campos Lara dreams of poetry, but pressured by reality, he trades art for the sake of supporting his family. The struggle between making ends meet and his dream unfolds in four significant phases.

Release Date1976-06-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count90

Vote Count2

Marina

Marina is raised by her father on an island after her mother's death. As a teenager, she moves to Rio de Janeiro to study and live with her godparents, where she ends up falling in love with Marcelo.

Release Date1980-05-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count137

Vote Count4

Caminos cruzados

Mexican telenovela remake of the Brazilian soap opera "Todo o nada". Patricia is a sensitive and intelligent woman who begins to work in the firm of Ambrosio and César Augusto (father and son). They both fall in love with her, but César Augusto breaks off his relationship with his girlfriend, Valeria and marries her. Patricia and César Augusto will separate, however, they will meet again later having totally different lives: she is a working woman and he is married to another woman.

Release Date1995-01-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count68

Vote Count2

Pacto de Sangue

Release Date1989-05-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count119

Vote Count1

The Slave Isaura

Isaura was born in 1835, in the farm of Commender Almeida. She is the daughter of the slave Juliana and the tenant of the farm, Miguel. Juliana dies right after the birth, because she denied going to bed with the Commender. He whips her to death in revenge. So, Isaura is raised and educated by Gertrudes, wife of the Commender, who always wanted to have a daughter. In spite of her excellent education and the white skin, Isaura, as a daughter of a slave,will always be treated as a slave.

Release Date2004-10-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count167

Vote Count193

Mania de Querer

Release Date1986-09-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count162

Vote Count2

Vanessa

Release Date1982-02-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count172

Vote Count2

Maria, Maria

In the backlands, the drover Ricardo marks the destiny of young Maria. Years later, in Xique-Xique, a mistake between two identical women rekindles passions, separations, and an impossible love.

Release Date1978-01-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count119

Vote Count2

Voltei pra Você

The mining town of São João Del Rei became the setting for a romance set amidst discussions about land division.

Release Date1983-10-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count140

Vote Count3

Gina

Gina attracts attention and envy. Years later, her life is shaken by the return of an old love and she discovers some schemes orchestrated by her best friend.

Release Date1978-06-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count89

Vote Count2

Sinhazinha Flô

In love since childhood, Flô and Arnaldo join forces in the fight for the abolition of slavery. They will have to face challenges and prejudices to be able to live their love.

Release Date1977-10-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count82

Vote Count2

Tudo ou Nada

Release Date1986-09-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count136

Vote Count1

A Sucessora

The story follows the experiences of Marina, a young country bumpkin who marries the mysterious and charismatic widower Roberto Stein, a fabulously wealthy businessman living in 1920s Rio de Janeiro. As Marina attempts to acclimate to her new marriage and responsibilities, she discovers that Stein's late wife, Alice, still seems to have a strong hold over the household. Despite her new husband's affection for her, Marina is nonetheless threatened by Alice's presence, which is made conspicuous through her old maid Juliana's obsessions and her intimidating portrait.

Release Date1978-10-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count126

Vote Count6

Super Bronco

Release Date1979-05-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count29

Vote Count1

O Noviço

Eyeing the widow Florência’s inheritance, the con man Ambrósio courts her and sets out to remove her heirs from the picture. such as her foster nephew Carlos, whom he promptly sends off to a monastery. The widow’s two children, Juca and Emília, face the same threat. Carlos becomes a novice but, lacking any true calling, makes life miserable for the friars. He also courts Emília, whom he dreams of marrying. The novice repeatedly runs away from the monastery; during one of these escapes, he crosses paths with Flávio. an unscrupulous character who knows about Ambrósio’s history of fraud. and Rosa, the first woman to marry the opportunist and have her assets stolen. With Flávio and Rosa’s help, Carlos manages to expose Ambrósio.

Release Date1975-06-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count20

Helena

When his father passes away, Estácio and his aunt Úrsula receive his will and are surprised to discover that most of the inheritance was left to Helena, a previously unknown daughter. In the will, her father asks that his daughter be taken in by her relatives. The news infuriates Úrsula, who has been in charge of the family business and caring for Estácio since his mother passed away, and does not accept Helena willingly, seeing her as an intruder in the family. In addition to Úrsula, someone who is not pleased with the girl's arrival is Dr. Camargo (Rogério Fróes), father of Eugênia, Estácio's fiancée. Even so, Estácio obeys his father's request and takes the girl to live with his family. Helena has a cheerful and outgoing temperament and her arrival affects everyone's lives. At first, she is hostile to Úrsula, but later wins her sympathy.

Release Date1975-05-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count20

Vote Count2

O Portador

After suffering a plane crash, Leo receives a blood transfusion and, some time later, discovers that he ended up contracting the AIDS virus. Desperate, he does his best to find out the identity of the bearer of the blood he received, and suffers from the prejudice of friends and people close to him.

Release Date1991-09-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Vote Count2

Três Colegas de Batina

The project of urbanization of a shantytown is endangered by lack of money. To get the necessary sum, three friars start to sing in plain clothes, incognito, also recording records and doing shows in nightclubs.

Release Date1961-09-12

Vote Count2

Titio Não é Sopa

Release Date1959-01-01

Vote Count2

Quiero morir en carnaval

Release Date1961-12-07

Vote Count4

A Viúva Valentina

Release Date1960-07-04

Vote Count4

No Tempo dos Bravos

Release Date1965-01-01

Vote Count1

Assassinato em Copacabana

Release Date1962-05-26

Vote Count1

Eu Sou o Tal

Winner of a Theater talent contest, in which he was the only one to enroll, Belizário da Silva leaves his hometown, and tries to make it in Rio de Janeiro.

Release Date1959-01-01

Vote Count1