A Grande Família
A Grande Família (English: The Big Family) is a Brazilian television sitcom created by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Armando Costa that originally aired on Rede Globo from 29 March 2001 to 11 September 2014. The show tells the story of a typical middle-class family living in a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It is a remake of the series of the same name that aired in Brazil in the 1970s.
| A Grande Família | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Based on | A Grande Família by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Armando Costa |
| Developed by | Claudio Paiva Guel Arraes |
| Starring | Marco Nanini Marieta Severo Pedro Cardoso Andréa Beltrão Guta Stresser Lúcio Mauro Filho Marcos Oliveira Tonico Pereira Evandro Mesquita Luís Miranda Vínicius Moreno |
| Opening theme | "A Grande Família" |
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| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 485 |
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| Production locations | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Camera setup | Single-camera setup |
| Running time | 30 minutes or more |
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| Network | Rede Globo |
| Release | 29 March 2001 – 11 September 2014 |
The family consists of a working father, Lineu, a housewife and mother, Nenê, their son Tuco, their daughter Bebel, and Bebel's fiancée, Agostinho, a taxi driver portrayed as the typical carioca malandro. The family's grandfather, Floriano, was written out of the story after the death of actor Rogério Cardoso.
In addition to being the longest-running Brazilian sitcom, A Grande Família is considered one of the most popular comedy shows in Brazil.
A film based on the series was released in theaters on 10 January 2007.