Hilda Furacão
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| Hilda Furacão | |
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| Genre | Period Drama Romance Political Fiction |
| Created by | Roberto Drummond |
| Written by | Glória Perez |
| Directed by | Wolf Maya |
| Starring | Ana Paula Arósio Rodrigo Santoro |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Globo |
| Release | 17 May – 23 July 1998 |
Hilda Furacão (English: Hilda Hurricane) is a Brazilian miniseries produced by TV Globo which originally aired from May 27 to July 23 of 1998, with a total of 32 episodes. The miniseries took the time slot of Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (English: Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands) and was followed by Labirinto (English: Labyrinth).[1] It was written by Glória Perez and directed by Wolf Maya, Maurício Farias, and Luciano Sabino.
The miniseries was based on Roberto Drummond's book by the same name, which was in turn based on the life of a prostitute; Hilda Maia Valentim, known in the red light district of Belo Horizonte as Hilda Furacão.[2][3]
The cast featured Ana Paula Arósio, Rodrigo Santoro, Danton Mello, Eva Todor, Paulo Autran, Thiago Lacerda, Tarcísio Meira, and Rogério Cardoso.
Plot
[edit]The most sought-after prostitute in the Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, brothels during the 50s and 60s, Hilda Müller (Ana Paula Arósio) was the daughter of a highly respected middle-class family. She scandalized society by breaking away from her family and shattering taboos, fleeing on her wedding day and seeking refuge in a brothel and adopting the alias Hilda Furacão.[4] The miniseries contrasts antagonistic contexts (religiosity and profligacy behavior; revolution and counter-revolution), as well as protagonist characters (Hilda Furacão and Frei Malthus (Rodrigo Santoro)). The series ends during the 60s, after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'etat.
Cast
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| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Ana Paula Arósio | Hilda Furacão (Hilda Gualtieri Müller)[5] |
| Rodrigo Santoro | Frei Malthus |
| Danton Mello | Roberto Drummond |
| Thiago Lacerda | Aramel |
| Rosi Campos | Maria Tomba-Homem |
| Débora Duarte | Sãozinha (Conceição Drummond) |
| Eva Todor | Loló Ventura |
| Carlos Vereza | Lorca |
| Arlete Salles | Madame Janete |
| Paulo Autran | Padre Nelson |
| Mário Lago | Olavo |
| Tarcísio Meira | Coronel Pocidônio |
| Stênio Garcia | Tonico Mendes |
| Tereza Seiblitz | Gabriela M |
| Zezé Polessa | Neném |
| Walderez de Barros | Ciana (Emerenciana Drummond) |
| Paloma Duarte | Leonor |
| Cláudia Alencar | Divinéia |
| Matheus Nachtergaele | Cintura Fina |
| Marcos Frota | Padre Geraldo |
| Cláudio Corrêa e Castro | Mauro Garber |
| Eloísa Mafalda | Clotilde |
| Jackson Antunes | Inspetor Eduardo |
| José Lewgoy | Tenente Benedito |
| Otávio Müller | Delegado Bernardo |
| Paulo Betti | Delegado Renciso |
| Eliane Giardini | Berta |
| Luís Melo | Padre Ciro |
| Rogério Cardoso | Ventura |
| Tatiana Issa | Dorinha |
| Roberto Bonfim | Coronel Filogônio Flores |
| Maria Maya | Zora |
| Cininha de Paula | Lucianara |
| Carolina Kasting | Bela B |
| Sérgio Loroza | M.C. |
| Chico Diaz | Orlando Bonfim |
| Marcos Oliveira | Zé Viana |
| Anselmo Vasconcellos | Jabuti |
| Guilherme Karan | João Dindim |
| Carlos Gregório | Alencastro |
| Walther Verve | Alves |
| Daniel Boaventura | Zico |
| Ricardo Blat | Cidinho |
| Henri Pagnocelli | Müller |
| Mara Manzan | Nevita |
| Ivan Cândido | Delegado Procópio |
| Pedro Brício | Juca |
| Suzana Gonçalves | Yara Tupinambá |
| Caio Junqueira | Demétrio |
| Dary Reis | Nilson Sargento |
| Iara Jamra | Beata Fininha |
| Marilena Cury | Alição |
| Yachmin Gazal | Alicinha |
| Elaine Mickely | Rosa |
| Luís Cláudio Jr. | Dudu |
| Pedro Salomão Perrini Sakhabuth | Frei Malthus (child) |
Production
[edit]The mission of adapting the book Hilda Furacão for TV was given to Glória Perez by Mário Lúcio Vaz, then director of Central Globo de Produções. Perez ended up busying herself with other work, and Hilda's concept went through several potential authors until she returned to the project in 1997.[6] To portray the 60s, Perez spoke with activists of the time, including Mário Lago (also a member of the cast) and Apolônio de Carvalho.[7]
Ana Paulo Arósio, then hired by rival network SBT, was specially assigned by Globo for the miniseries. The idea for the casting came from director Wolf Maya.[6]
Scenes which took place in the fictional Santana dos Ferros were recorded in Tiradentes, where the production temporarily closed streets and altered facades. The Hotel Glória, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, passed as the Minas Tênis Clube, and the Niterói City Council served as the Belo Horizonte City Council.[8]
Internet virality
[edit]The series went viral on the internet in November of 2023, when scenes featuring the titular protagonist (Ana Paula Arósio) and her love interest Frei Malthus (Rodrigo Santoro) began to circulate on social media, primarily as TikTok clips, giving rise to various memes by anglophone audiences.[9][10] One catalyst may have been an interview on The Graham Norton Show with American actress Laura Linney in which she said she "got the best kiss" in the film Love Actually with Rodrigo Santoro, leading fans to look into Santoro's previous work.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Hilda Furacão: A socialite que virou prostituta (com foto) - 24/05/98". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "O Maior Portal de Entretenimento de MG - Portal Uai e+". www.uai.com.br. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "'Hilda Furacão' vive sozinha em asilo para pobres na Argentina; veja vídeo - 02/08/2014 - Ilustrada". Folha de S.Paulo. 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "Globo - Hilda Hurricane". Globo TV International. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Folha.com - Ilustrada - Ana Paula Arósio volta como a desafiadora "Hilda Furacão" - 24/08/2010". www1.folha.uol.com.br.
- ^ a b "'Ana Paula Arósio tinha a garra da personagem', diz Glória Perez". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Hilda Furacão: A socialite que virou prostituta (com foto) - 24/05/98". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Bastidores". Memória Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 October 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ GZH (2023-12-28). "Como "Hilda Furacão" virou um fenômeno fora do Brasil | DG". Diário Gaúcho (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "Ela andou pra Fleabag correr: por que gringos estão amando 'Hilda Furacão'". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ Ivie, Devon (2019-01-19). "16 Years Later, Laura Linney Still Isn't Over Her Love Actually Make Out Scene". Vulture. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
