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Overview
Os Ossos do Barão is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from April 28 to September 8, 1997. It is an adaptation of Jorge Andrade's 1963 play of the same name, adapted for television by Walter George Durst, with collaboration from Duca Rachid, Mário Teixeira, and Marcos Lazarini. The telenovela stars Ana Paula Arósio, Tarcísio Filho, Juca de Oliveira, Othon Bastos, and Leonardo Villar. Set in São Paulo in 1948, the story follows Egisto Ghirotto, the wealthy son of Italian immigrants who dreams of gaining social prestige by marrying his son, Martino, to Isabel, the great-granddaughter of the late Baron of Jaraguá. Their romance sparks a bitter conflict between a rising immigrant family and a declining aristocratic dynasty, exposing themes of class, ambition, tradition, and the social transformation of Brazil.
Cast
Leonardo Villar
Antenor Camargo Parente de Rendon Pompeo e Taques
Juca de Oliveira
Egisto Ghirotto
Tarcísio Filho
Martino Ghirotto
Ana Paula Arósio
Isabel Taques Redon
Jussara Freire
Bianca Ghirotto
Cleyde Yáconis
Melica
Othon Bastos
Miguel Taques Redon
Clarisse Abujamra
Verônica Taques Redon
Petrônio Gontijo
Vicente Taques Redon
Bia Seidl
Lavínia Taques Redon
Rubens de Falco
Cândido Caldas Penteado
Imara Reis
Guilhermina Caldas Penteado
