Escrava Isaura

I'm not into soap's and never considered "Escrava Isaura" as a soap opera. North American soap's go on forever and depending on the writers and characters you never know where the story begins or if it will ever end! Escrava Isaura is what I would call a mini-series. It's based on a book by Bernardo Guimaraes and takes place in Brazil during African slavery in the mid 1800's. Though not based on a true story but like the movie Titanic....it sunk but the love story between Jack & Rose was fictional. The story takes us to Isaura's pain in the hands of her master's son, her struggle for freedom and the dream of one day being with her true love. It's heart warming and heart wrenching. I loved it when it first aired in 1977 and still one of my favourites to this day.

a beautiful series. exotic, romantic, naive. and the inspired introduction to the history and culture of Brasil. because it has the gift to be more than a soap opera. its refined poetry, its clash between a young woman and a terrible master, its delicate manner to remind emotions and songs and ways to live and love and hope are great. real great. the sounds from the film, the sparkles of scenes, after decades, are fresh. not only for its status of the first soap opera on the Romanian TV screens after 1989 but for its strange and seductive force to be unique. so, a special series and one of the lovely examples of Brazilian cinematography.

I watched when I was a child, and I was able to learn about Brazilian history and the situation of slaves in that country. This was a wonderful "soap opera" that it did not have anything in common with the cheap and predictable Mexican soap operas... Great scripts, direction and actors... I remember that I learned about Brazilian music. After watching this series I got hook with other Brazilian "soap operas" such as: "vale todu", "dancing days", etc. I think they should not be classified as "soap operas" but as an entire whole new style in TV production in Latin American. It's worthy to watch them...and try Brazillian films and series.

I first watched this TELENOVELA in the late eighties (dopped in French) and couldn't bare but weep. I recently started watching a re-run (this time on the US-Mexican network: Telemundo) and still remember the story line like it was yesterday!, but what amazes me is how touched i still feel. Lucelio Santos, in my view, practically made Globo TV the power house it is today, with her amazing performance on this series. The expressions are amazingly real, not to mention the setting and script.

The portrayal of Brazil's economic and social stance is chronologically correct,compared to Brazils reality at the time (ie very little fiction is used) Of late ther's been another very similar telenovela (though a little more fictionalthan real) Terra Nostra

When I was a little girl growing up in Russia, I watched this telenovela dubbed in Russian. It was so gripping and I loved it so much - I remember it to this day! I'm trying to find a copy of it so I can watch it 16 years later, to see if I still love it as much. Unforgettable story. I would recommend watching this if possible. This is a very old story, and I heard it was remade. I hope they make a real movie out of this story. The story is great, and I think would make a great movie. Even if it's a movie in English, I think the story is still timeless. I remember they also showed Jane Eyre, and it was also very wonderful. However, this story still stays with me - though I'm now a grown woman.