A Mulher Invisível
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A Mulher Invisível is a weekly Brazilian TV series produced by Rede Globo
; it's a spin-off from the film of the same name. It stars Selton Mello
, Débora Falabella
and Luana Piovani
. Its first episode aired on May 31, 2011.
In the pilot episode, Clarisse, after a crisis, is up to divorce Pedro and discovers his imaginary love. She at first thinks he gone insane, but realizes that the love he feels for Amanda is the love he should feel for her, and so, in a strange way, that proves he still loves her. She forgives Pedro and is reconciled with him, after he promises "to send Amanda away".
In the end of that episode, though, we discover Amanda had not went away definitively, and, as the second episode open, we know Pedro lied to Clarisse and Amanda is still there. Clarisse, angry and hurt, after quarreling a lot with Pedro, says she wants equal rights and will have a paramour too. When her idea of getting a fake illicit lover to arise jealousy in Pedro doesn't work, and he exposes her farce, she suddenly invents she has an imaginary lover too. Suffering, Pedro offers to send Amanda way, forever this time, if Clarisse stops that.
But the couple's life without Amanda reveals itself to be unhappy, and Clarisse, realizing Amanda was indeed the flame and joy of their relationship (as Pedro once said), makes Pedro to obtain Amanda's forgiveness, that is, she allows him to call back the image he indeed sent away.
, dealing with the search of men and women for ideal lovers.
An influence of the classical series Bewitched
may also be felt: the tight spot in which Pedro constantly is because of Amanda, in the end eventually gives him a winning idea for his work as publicist. In the same spirit, Darrin Stephens usually had the idea for a good publicitiy campaign after suffering the troubles inherent to his marriage with Samantha.
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
; it's a spin-off from the film of the same name. It stars Selton Mello
Selton Mello
Selton Figueiredo Melo is a Brazilian actor. He works on TV, movies and theater. He also produces and directs movies and videoclips...
, Débora Falabella
Débora Falabella
Débora Lima Falabella is an Italo-Brazilian actress.Falabella started acting in 1998 on Rede Globo's teen telenovela Malhação, as Antônia. She's also appeared in other Rede Globo telenovelas like Um Anjo Caiu do Céu, O Clone and Senhora do Destino...
and Luana Piovani
Luana Piovani
Luana Piovani is a Brazilian actress and model.Piovani started her career as a Ford Model Agency model in 1990 and a year later spent some time working in Japan....
. Its first episode aired on May 31, 2011.
Premise
Pedro (Selton Mello) is a young man, recently married to Clarisse (Débora Falabella), whom he sincerely loves. Pedro is a successful publicist with a promising career, and Clarisse happens to be his boss. But apparently that's not enough, for Pedro has an imaginary paramour, Amanda (Luana Piovani), a beautiful and sensuous blonde woman which of course only he can see. Amanda is an ideal woman, most in love with Pedro, and which, as she herself states, exists only to make him happy. Pedro's coworker and best friend Wilson, a cynical lover yet loyal friend, is as the series begins the only one to know Pedro's secret.In the pilot episode, Clarisse, after a crisis, is up to divorce Pedro and discovers his imaginary love. She at first thinks he gone insane, but realizes that the love he feels for Amanda is the love he should feel for her, and so, in a strange way, that proves he still loves her. She forgives Pedro and is reconciled with him, after he promises "to send Amanda away".
In the end of that episode, though, we discover Amanda had not went away definitively, and, as the second episode open, we know Pedro lied to Clarisse and Amanda is still there. Clarisse, angry and hurt, after quarreling a lot with Pedro, says she wants equal rights and will have a paramour too. When her idea of getting a fake illicit lover to arise jealousy in Pedro doesn't work, and he exposes her farce, she suddenly invents she has an imaginary lover too. Suffering, Pedro offers to send Amanda way, forever this time, if Clarisse stops that.
But the couple's life without Amanda reveals itself to be unhappy, and Clarisse, realizing Amanda was indeed the flame and joy of their relationship (as Pedro once said), makes Pedro to obtain Amanda's forgiveness, that is, she allows him to call back the image he indeed sent away.
Style and influence
The series mixes humor, eroticism and love-drama. It's a rebuilding of the myth of PygmalionPygmalion (mythology)
Pygmalion is a legendary figure of Cyprus. Though Pygmalion is the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name Pumayyaton, he is most familiar from Ovid's Metamorphoses, X, in which Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved.-In Ovid:In Ovid's narrative, Pygmalion was a...
, dealing with the search of men and women for ideal lovers.
An influence of the classical series Bewitched
Bewitched
Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Dick Sargent , Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban...
may also be felt: the tight spot in which Pedro constantly is because of Amanda, in the end eventually gives him a winning idea for his work as publicist. In the same spirit, Darrin Stephens usually had the idea for a good publicitiy campaign after suffering the troubles inherent to his marriage with Samantha.