Mandala (TV series) explained

Genre:	Telenovela
Creator:	Dias Gomes
Director:	Ricardo Waddington Roberto Talma
Opentheme:	"Mitos" by César Camargo Mariano
Country:	Brazil
Language:	Portuguese
Num Episodes:	185
Runtime:	50 minutes
Network:	TV Globo

Mandala is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 12 October 1987 and ended on 14 May 1988, with a total of 185 episodes. It's the thirty eighth "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is created by Dias Gomes and directed by Ricardo Waddington.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Vera Fischer - Jocasta Silveira
• Nuno Leal Maia - Tony Carrado
• Lúcia Veríssimo - Letícia
• Carlos Augusto Strazzer - Argemiro
• Felipe Camargo - Édipo Junqueira
• Gianfrancesco Guarnieri - Túlio Silveira
• Célia Helena - Ceres Silveira
• Gracindo Júnior - Creonte Silveira
• Raul Cortez - Pedro Bergman
• Oswaldo Loureiro - Américo Junqueira
• Ângela Leal - Mercedes Junqueira
• Imara Reis - Vera
• Osmar Prado - Gerson Silveira
• Bia Seidl - Mariana
• Paulo Gracindo - Vovô Pepê (Petronílio Silveira)
• Yara Côrtes - D. Conchita
• Ilka Soares - Lena
• Milton Gonçalves - Apolinário Santana
• Aída Leiner - Eurídice Barbosa Santana
• Grande Otelo - Jonas Caetano Barbosa
• Ruth de Souza - Zezé (Maria José Barbosa)
• Aracy Cardoso - Flora
• Betina Viany - Ondina (Madame Lorrain)
• Jayme Periard - Miguel
• Jandir Ferrari - Toninho Carrado
• Betty Erthal - Dalva
• Lupe Gigliotti - Dona Severina
• Fafy Siqueira - Jupira
• Carlos Kroeber - Dr. Henrique
• Reynaldo Gonzaga - Nando (Fernando)
• Chico Diaz - Rafael
• Maria Alves - Carmem Barbosa Santana
• Marcos Breda - Hans
• Antônio Grassi - Zé Mário
• Chico Tenreiro - Pinto
• Luiz Magnelli - Soneca
• Felipe Martins - Wanderley
• Tony Ferreira
• Waldir Onofre
• Giulia Gam - Jocasta (young)
• Taumaturgo Ferreira - Laio Lunardo (young)
• Suzana Faini - Glória Lunardo (Laio's mother)
• Walmor Chagas - Michel Lunardo
• Marco Antônio Pâmio - Argemiro
• Marcos Palmeira - Creonte
• Deborah Evelyn - Vera (young)
• Lília Cabral - Lena
• Mauro Mendonça - Adroaldo (Vera's father)
• Beatriz Lyra - Estela (Vera's mother)
• Daniel Dantas - Otávio
• Paulo César Pereio - Capitão (smuggler)
• Danton Mello - Gerson
• Marina Miranda - Jocasta's family maid
• Carlos Wilson - Pai-de-santo who helps Laio
• Luiz Sérgio Lima e Silva - Director of Brazilian Communist Party
• Daniel Trindade - Jorge
• Ana Luiza Follay - Laio's secretary
• Júlio Levy - Michel's butler
• Schulamith Yaari - Nurse in the maternity hospital where Édipo was born
• Perry Salles - Laio Lunardo
• Marcelo Picchi - Chris
• Rubens Corrêa - Psychoanalyst of Édipo
• Yara Amaral - Rafael's mother
• Castro Gonzaga - Gilberto
• Francisco Milani - Efigênio
• Breno Bonin - Luís
• Gisela Arnoud - Luciana
• Esmeralda Hannah - Marli
• Rejane Goulart - Beatriz
• Walney Costa - Sinésio
• Luciana Fontenelli - Isabel
• Anna Gallo - Marlucy
• Cleonir dos Santos - Fiapo
• Theresa Mascarenhas - Marcene
• Christovam Netto - Tico-Tico
• Paulo Camargo - Marcos

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mandala. 20 June 2016. Teledramaturgia. pt. https://web.archive.org/web/20150103214554/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/mandala.asp. 3 January 2015. live.
2. http://teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/mandalab.asp Canal VIVA vai reprisar a novela Mandala