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 have never been a big fan of soap operas, especially when I was a teenager. However, I happened to catch an episode of this serial telenovel (I won't even call it a soap opera) while visiting my family in Singapore back in 1996. Initially, I was just amused that I was watching a Brazilian telenovel dubbed in English and subtitled in Chinese; but it didn't take long for me to understand its international success. The themes are universal and cover everything from love vs. obsession, compassion vs. cruelty, rich vs. poor, and so many more--without being cliché' or cheesy. I was hooked after one episode and the spent everyday glued to the living room floor, for the hour it came on, the whole 3 months I spent in Singapore. This telenovel is far superior to any daytime drama I've ever seen, probably better than most primetime dramas (as these were originally aired in the evening in Brazil). Even if you don't like 'soap operas' this is definitely not a series to miss!

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.

it was first soap opera on the Romanian TV screens after Revolution of 1989. and, like in many other countries, it was a real phenomenon. explanation is easy. skin for liberty air, exotic, seductive,fresh after gray propaganda, story about sufferance and full of romanticism, meeting with a beautiful talented actress, the common crumbs between Portugues and Romanian language, with a story far to be complicated, it was perfect food of expectations of large public. after years, it is only a kind of legend. seed of good memories, sign of a form of innocence, toy for relation with past. but its flavor is not gone. the success of soap operas is basic proof. sure, Turkish or South - Coreean, Indian or American, each is different. but, in case of Romanian viewer, Escrava Isaura was first step for this friendship with pink series.