O Clone

I have always hated south-american soap-operas, but this show is better than Dallas. It has an interesting subject, good actors, absolutely gorgeous scenes, and the music... Ah! the music ! Is the best ! It' also nice to see Islamic people presented as human, and not as "terrorist beasts".

The only thing that bothers me is that the show has so many episodes, and I foresee that many more will follow (at his date - Dec '02 - we are watching the episodes where Xande is falsely accused by Maysa of steeling her necklace). I started watching it because at that hour (10 PM, daily) there is nothing else to see on the Romanian TV stations (except for the third re-run of "Married, with Children" and some horrible news about murders an rapes). It's pleasant detachment, before going to sleep, of all the stress accumulated during the day. P.S. In Romania, the show has 10 - 11 % rating.

ambitious, seductive, seems be a complete work. the great virtue is the mix between science and Oriental flavors.the second - love stories. a film who reminds old adventure books of childhood. interdict things and the air of freedom, sacrifices and not reasonable choices, splendid music and windows to an exotic civilization. and, sure, soap - opera tools. a seductive series who impresses for its courage to use so many different ingredients. and, sure, for the not bad result. a large fresco with nice performances - the work of Murilo Benicio is admirable -, good options of team for interesting themes and a lovely story who has the force to be more than a part of a long South American soap operas list.

A fascinating and exotic story, that mix things like human cloning, the muslim culture and drug/alcohol addiction problems. O Clone/El Clon has reached its end here in Brazil last Friday. Obviously, I'm not gonna tell what happened, but I'd like to add that regarding Leo (El Clon) it was a fair ending, considering no one could really tell what would've happened to a real clon! El Clon reached the biggest ratings ever around here. This could be explained because it came in the perfect moment, not only because the human cloning is a recent issue, but also because it premiered 1 month after the attacks of September 11th, when the curiosity about the Muslim culture reached the highest levels. The campaign of author Gloria Perez against the drug and alcohol addiction, featuring 2 teenage characters, Mel and Nando, also was a great success and is helping to show people about all the bad things that come along with the pleasure that drugs bring. A great show. Perfect acting, perfect writing. It's no surprise it was such a big success.

This is one of the most amazing novels I've ever seen. So touching, so romantic! As usual, actors gave us the best performance, that's why I try to watch as most Brazilian novels as I can. They have really good actors, even the youngest. But from all in this novel, Murillo Benicio performed the very best three actor's personalities. It was fantastic. I visited Morocco and this touched me the most, to review their lives and musics. That's why I do need your help as I'd like to know the name of the Arabian dance/music heard during Said's marriage scene (I think the second marriage) sung by a woman dancing and followed up by another dancers. It was a delightful music, and I intend to buy the CD but need to know its name first. Could you help? Thank you!

Extraordinary¡¡¡ I have never watched something like this. It is a very good history. Eleven compact discs, one book, 280 episodes of 50 minutes each one (too long¡¡), it is the result of writer Gloria Perez. Topics like drugs, two similar religions, forbidden love and ethics are mixed by Gloria Perez very well.