Since its debut two weeks ago, Swamp -the new Brazilian production that Telefe broadcasts from Monday to Friday at 21:45- rises on the podium of the most watched programmes. This Wednesday he measured 10.6 points and finished second behind masterchef, with little difference since reality scored 11.8.
The telenovela that prevails over the unbeatable Turkish afternoon combination (Family love, our eternal love and Eda and Serkan) it has all the toppings of melodrama and each episode combines tension and romance equally. From the same makers of Avenue Brazilanother production that was successful in Argentina, Swamp it has a strong identity that sets it apart the rest.
here some of the keys to your success.
A drama on the verge of tragedy
One of the keys is in the plot, which proposes a very powerful story, a drama that sometimes borders on tragedy. Really a makeover from the first Swamp, written 32 years ago by Benedito Ruy Barbosa. This modern version is an adaptation by his nephew, Bruno Luperi, directed by Rogério Gómes and Gustavo Fernández, and was recorded by Rede Globo last year.
The central story is that of José Leoncio, a young worker who, after the mysterious disappearance of his father, become a rich farmer in the pantanalin Mato Grosso, as he faces the Marruá clan, his neighbor in the area.
After more than twenty years and embittered by the disappearance of his father and his wife’s flight to Rio de Janeiro with their son, José Leoncio has the opportunity to reconcile with the boy, who is now a young man, raised and educated in the big city with values and habits very different from yours. On the other hand, the young man discovers that his father is not dead as he believed.
The plot constantly facing two completely opposite worlds, whose differences keep the drama simmering. That tension builds in intensity every timeannouncing that the worst can happen at any moment.
In the midst of this situation, some of the love stories will become impossible and, moreover, will cross several generations, chasing their different protagonists like a curse.
luxury production
In the best style of Brazilian soap operas, the production spares no expense, which makes it visually very appealing for the public. Mainly, the story makes the most of situations recorded in natural environments, where the impressive natural landscape prevails.
They too are part of the cast actors already well known, by now, to the local publicmany in completely different roles and even antagonists to other productions in which they participated (something very common in soap operas in that country), which adds more interest.
Told as a family sagawith many secrets and betrayals, the characters are played by Marcos Palmeira, Murilo Benício (both from Avenue Brazil) and Juliana Paes (from sweet ambitionwhich Telefe broadcast last year), among the best-known faces.
In addition, Renato Góes, Alanis Guillen, Jesuíta Barbosa, Dira Paes, José Loreto, Irandhir Santos, Osmar Prado and Karine Teles star in the main roles, among other characters covering stories corresponding to different generations.
An impressive geography
Perhaps one of the keys to the success of swamp, and which stands out for being very different from other productions, it is the geography in which most of the story takes place. The pantanal itself, which gives the soap opera its title, is an impressive and overwhelming scenario to such an extent that even affects the character of the characters.
The telenovela was recorded in Rio de Janeiro and also in a very touristic area of Brazil, that of Pantanal de Nhecolândia, located in Mato Grosso do Sula region of virgin nature and jungle that ends up acquiring a central role, almost like one more protagonist of the story.
The supernatural and the most rooted traditions
This 167-episode drama, made as a tribute to the original 90s story, has become the production with the highest number of spectators in Brazil last year, as well as being successful on screens around the world, as is happening now in Argentina.
Perhaps they also have something to do with this success the elements used by the script and which have a very strong local identity which is attractive: the jungle and the river, virgin and wild spaces where danger lurks at every step and where Ancient mysteries are hidden for you to discover.
The stories around some characters who transform or reincarnate into animals such as the jaguar or the anaconda and the stories of the locals that have a magical realism They plausibly work and are another of the story hooks, adding originality to the classic soap opera story.
Source: Clarin
