Amor de Mãe (English: A Mother's Love) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo, from 25 November 2019 to 9 April 2021. The telenovela is written by Manuela Dias, with Mesquita, Roberto Vitorino and Walter Daguerre as co-writers. José Luiz Villamarim serves as director.
It stars Regina Casé, Adriana Esteves and Taís Araújo as three women from different social backgrounds who live their own dilemmas as mothers. Isis Valverde, Humberto Carrão, Chay Suede, Irandhir Santos, Juliano Cazarré, Vladimir Brichta and Murilo Benício also star in supporting roles.
In March 2020, the telenovela went on hiatus after production was halted during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Filming resumed on 10 August 2020, following strict protocols, while new episodes aired from 15 March to 9 April 2021.
In 2022, the show was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela.
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Plot
Lurdes (Regina Casé), Vitória (Taís Araújo) and Thelma (Adriana Esteves) are three women from different social classes that live their dilemmas as mothers. Lurdes is a struggling woman who had four children: Magno, Ryan, Érica, and Domênico, who was sold at the age of 2 by her ex-husband to child trafficker Kátia (Vera Holtz). Knowing that Domênico was sent to Rio de Janeiro, Lurdes decides to go look for him with the rest of her children and, on the way, she finds the orphan Camila (Jessica Ellen), whom she decides to raise. Vitória is a 45-year-old lawyer who has been unable to get pregnant, so she decides to adopt a child. While waiting for her adopted son to arrive, she meets Davi (Vladimir Brichta). Vitória spends the night with him and is surprised to discover that she is pregnant. Thelma has been a widow for more than 20 years and is overprotective of her son Danilo (Chay Suede). When Danilo was a child he survived a fire that killed his father, thanks to his mother who saved him. Thelma's life changes when she discovers that she has an incurable brain aneurysm. She decides to make a list of things she wants to do before dying, but all the wishes on her list involve Danilo, who does not know about the disease and wants to have distance from his mother because he feels suffocated. Throughout the story, the three women will discover a bond that will connect their lives forever.
Cast
Regina Casé as Lurdes dos Santos Silva
Adriana Esteves as Thelma Nunes Viana
Taís Araújo as Vitória Amorim
Isis Valverde as Betina Torres da Nóbrega
Humberto Carrão as Sandro Amorim Camargo
Chay Suede as Danilo Lopes Viana
Irandhir Santos as Álvaro da Nóbrega
Juliano Cazarré a Magno dos Santos Silva
Arieta Corrêa as Leila Moreira dos Santos
Vladimir Brichta as Davi Moretti
Murilo Benício as Raul Camargo
Nanda Costa as Érica dos Santos Silva
Jéssica Ellen as Camila dos Santos
Thiago Martins as Ryan dos Santos Silva
Érika Januza as Marina Castro
Malu Galli as Maria Lídia Camargo
Letícia Lima as Estela Teixeira
Tuca Andrada as Belizário Lacerda
Camila Márdila as Amanda Crespo
Maria as Verena Ovisco
Magali Biff as Nicete Torres
Enrique Diaz as Durval Barbosa
Production
Dias has mentioned that both her mother, actress Sônia Dias, and her daughter Helena, inspired her in part to write Amor de Mãe. She delivered the synopsis of the plot in the first semester of 2017, and on 19 June of that year the project was approved to enter the queue of 9pm telenovelas for 2019. Originally the plot would be called Troia, in reference to the mythological city, but the name was changed to Amor de Mãe (Mother's Love) to better express the central plot around the three mothers. Filming of the telenovela began in August 2019. Amor de Mãe was the first production to be filmed in Globo's newly opened MG4 studios. On 16 March 2020, it was announced that filming of the telenovela was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the final episode of the first part would air on 21 March 2020. Reruns of previous telenovelas currently occupy its timeslot. Filming resumed on 10 August 2020, with work pace being reduced to comply with safety guidelines. 23 episodes are planned to be filmed and will premiere in 2021. Part of the changes in production include actors arriving to the recording studios with their makeup and costumes ready. Those who need to travel for the studios are now staying in a hotel. Because of these changes, some actors were eliminated from the production, such as Alejandro Claveaux who portrayed Tales.
Soundtrack
Volume 1
Amor de Mãe Vol. 1 is the first soundtrack of the telenovela, released on 7 February 2020 by Som Livre.
Volume 2
Amor de Mãe Vol. 2 is the second soundtrack of the telenovela, released on 28 February 2020 by Som Livre.