Overview
Gabriela is a 1975 Brazilian telenovela based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Jorge Amado, starring Sônia Braga in the title role.
A remake was produced and aired by Globo in 2012, with Juliana Paes playing the lead role.
Plot
Walter George Durst's free adaptation of Jorge Amado's novel Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (1958), takes place in 1925, when a devastating drought forces the hungry populations of the Brazilian Northeast to emigrate in search of survival. In the novel, the destination is Ilhéus, in the south of Bahia, a region in expansion thanks to the planting and commerce of cacao. Gabriela (Sônia Braga) is one of the victims of the drought. Free and impulsive, she gets a job as a cook at the home of the "Turkish" Nacib (Armando Bógus), with whom she lives a sensual love story.
Background
Gabriela was created to give time for the production of the telenovela O Rebu, by Braulio Pedroso, but O Rebu ended up being aired first, and Gabriela was aired to celebrate the ten year anniversary of TV Globo.
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