Critical Fortune - Luiz Fernando Carvalho

1, May — 2016

Soap Opera Expert

  • Luiz Fernando Verissimo
  • O Globo

“I was already trying to visualize everything Luiz Fernando Carvalho was capable of doing, and not just as way of solidarity. What he is doing in Velho Chico surpasses everything he has ever done on TV – with the possible exception of Os Maias. He is incapable of accepting a framework less than perfect, and has also the talent is handpicking a equally perfect cast.”

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1, Oct — 2016

Velho Chico re-inaugurates the desire for an utopia

  • Maria Rita Kehl
  • O Globo

“What an extraordinary soap opera is Velho Chico. What a beautiful photography in sepia and brown shades. A soap opera colored by clay and dust, soil and mud. There is not a single blond actor – not even the colonels. There are no blue eyes. The Brazil of Benedito Ruy Barbosa and Luiz Fernando Carvalho belongs to the agreste. It is poor, remedied, devastated and full of hope”

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24, Mar — 2016

Velho Chico marks a great moment in television drama

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

“Millimetric calculation can be the greatest enemy of emotion and this sentence applies to pretty much everything. But that was not what we saw in a chapter of Velho Chico.. Instead, those two forces ran together to potentiate the voltage of the action.

It was an impeccable construction, a plan schemed and implemented with perfection by the direction of Luiz Fernando Carvalho. What a beautiful moment of dramaturgy.”

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30, Mar — 2017

Bravo! Award | Artist of the Year | Luiz Fernando Carvalho

  • Revista Bravo

“Luiz Fernando Carvalho receives the Bravo! Award of artist of the year for his aesthetic renovation of the primetime.”

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30, Mar — 2017

Bravo! Award | Artist of the Year | Luiz Fernando Carvalho

  • Revista Bravo

“Luiz Fernando Carvalho receives the Bravo! Award of artist of the year for his aesthetic renovation of the primetime.”

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16, Mar — 2016

Velho Chico scores high in its debut

  • Cristina Padiglione
  • O Estado de S.Paulo

“The soundtrack, as well as photography, direction of actors and the whole scenographic work are off of the curve fostered by the TV industry.”

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10, Dec — 2016

Velho Chico scores high in its debut

  • Sofia Cerqueira
  • Veja Rio

“The soundtrack, as well as photography, direction of actors and the whole scenographic work are off of the curve fostered by the TV industry.”

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16, Mar — 2016

Beautiful chapter marks the return of the rural Brazil to TV

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

“Debut of Velho Chico had the same authorial stamp of its director, Luiz Fernando Carvalho.”

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1, Oct — 2016

Velho Chico marked by the aesthetic ambition and cultural relevance

  • Folha de S.Paulo

Velho Chico is milestone in the recent history of the Brazilian TV. Thanks to its theme and aesthetics, the soap opera reminded how television drama by Globo, in certain moments, is capable of combining entertainment with cultural relevance and offer awareness on the reality of the country.”

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18, Mar — 2016

Velho Chico and the real and fantastic Brazils

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

Velho Chico, somehow, brought the fable back to prime time. (…) But the execution of Luiz Fernando Carvalho will make you dream. And the story of Benedito Ruy Barbosa has many opportunities to please the audience with this mix or arid reality with aestheticization.”

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15, Mar — 2016

Back to the classic feuilleton

  • Carla Bittencourt
  • Extra

Velho Chico debuted yesterday night fulfilling all requirements of a big production: gorgeous scenes, perfect direction, top cast.”

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30, Sep — 2016

The biggest achievement of Velho Chico was to cause and stimulate the audience

  • Nilson Xavier
  • Blog do Nilson Xavier

Velho Chico set one of the most interest precedents in terms of modern television and its audience. Since its debut, the soap opera received divided opinions and caused discussions. Metaphors proposed in the text of Luperi and Benedito found resonance in the aesthetic concept of the director. Luiz Fernando Carvalho offered the audience the yearning sigh, but in a package the audience was not used to. (…) According to Boni: ‘Television must always walk one step ahead of the audience’. Velho Chico was a good example.”

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30, Sep — 2016

Thank You, Velho Chico

  • Mauricio Stycer
  • UOL

“It has been a while since a soap opera impressed me so much.”

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29, Dec — 2016

The one putting a smile on the face of viewers in 2016

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

Velho Chico brought a new wind to the prime time at 09:00 pm (…) Among the highlights of this cast there are newcomers and veterans, in a mix of actors that charmed the audience. Domingos Montagner, who died tragically near the location, impressed once again, as Santo. Marcos Palmeira played the best role of his life. Antonio Fagundes, following adjustments to the character, played a marvelous colonel. Chico Diaz, Lucy Alves, Fabiula Nascimento, Zezita Matos, Christiane Torloni, Julia Dalavia, Renato Góes and many others impressed.”

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21, Apr — 2016

Culture is strategic

  • Luciano Alabarse
  • Zero Hora

Velho Chico is gorgeous, with photography and cinematographic frameworks, exuberant colors and a Shakespearean story that works.”

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28, Sep — 2016

Ethereal presence of Domingos Montagner in Old Chico

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

“No stuntman or cheap tricks. Victim of tragedy that made Brazil sad – greatly affecting the staff of “Velho Chico” – Domingos Montagner was in the soap opera the day before yesterday. Luiz Fernando Carvalho resorted to a subjective camera to bring the incorporeal presence of the actor to almost all sequences. It was, of course, a technical feature. However, any rational character was fully absorbed by the dramaturgy and dissolved by the visible emotion that dominated the cast and reached the audience. (…) Carvalho got close to the dangerous borders and managed to succeed.”

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25, Sep — 2016

Subjective camera: solution of Velho Chico for character Santos is beautiful

  • Maria Carolina Maia
  • Veja

“I bet it was not easy for the cast of Velho Chico to shoot scenes where they talk to Santo without him, previously played by actor Domingos Montagner, who drown in the São Francisco River, being actually there. But the result, which started to be aired Monday night by Rede Globo, is sublime. (…) In a soap opera heavily criticized by its baroque style printed to images and long takes, director Luiz Fernando Carvalho proved that he is, indeed, one of the most competent national directors”

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30, Sep — 2016

Velho Chico: five reasons that mad this soap opera a milestone in the Brazilian television drama

  • Vanessa Scalei
  • Zero Hora

 “Velho Chico was not a success of audience, but will be marked by how it changed the aesthetic conception of a Brazilian soap opera.”

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27, Sep — 2016

The contradiction of Velho Chico: soap opera is a finalist in the Emmy but fails to make it to the international sales catalogue

  • Cristina Padiglione
  • Folha de S.Paulo

“It is almost a contradiction that the plot had no international appeal even though it was nominated to the International Emmy in the soap opera category ranking among the five finalists”

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6, Jul — 2016

Velho Chico Record 1 is a consistent beat of Brazilian tropicalist rhythm

  • Mauro Ferreira
  • Bloco G1

Made by Luiz Fernando Carvalho and Marcel Klemm, the musical selection of the soap opera Velho Chico is one of the best of the genre of all times. And those 14 phonograms in the first volume of the track for the rural plot offer a consistent pace to the Brazilian tropicalist music.

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24, Jun — 2016

Velho Chico: A soap opera to see, hear and think about Brazil

  • Luciana Kraemer
  • Zero Hora

“Even in the field of Communication, I study the informative genre – fiction is not my cup of tea.  But I do have my arguments to defend that this is a soap opera that proposes something new in terms of ethics and aesthetics, and it is worth being watched.”

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10, Jul — 2016

Velho Chico raises the genre level and becomes one the greatest productions in Brazilian TV

  • Erick Rodrigues
  • Trocando de Canal

“I am not afraid to say that there was no production such as Velho Chico before in the prime time, and after each new scene I confess I am more and more delighted. It is a soap opera that offers to the audience an exercise so we can get used to the best, so we can raise our standards.”

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Thrilling and exquisite today’s chapter of Velho Chico

  • Jamari França
  • Facebook

“A soap opera is now part of the History of television drama not because of its audience or reception, but rather because its quality capable of satisfying all requirements. What I liked the most was the soundtrack, I have never seen a soap opera with a repertoire of such quality and sensitiveness”

3, Aug — 2016

Lucy Alves, who plays Luzia in Velho Chico, is now the current leader of the show

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

“The work to select the cast in Velho Chico was significantly ample.  Producer Luiz Antônio Rocha looked for actors in the Northeast region, Luiz Fernando Carvalho carried out exhaustive selections. The outcome is now aired. To the talents the audience is already familiarized with, many others, less known, have joined (such as Lucy Alves)”

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7, Jun — 2016

Marcos Palmeira gets the spotlight in Velho Chico

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

“This is the best work of the actor on television and a major improvement what he did in the past, including other rural plots.”

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19, Apr — 2016

Irandhir Santos, a great actor that deserves some attention

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

“Now that he is on scene, his character Bento will not stay behind. His performance is worth your attention.”

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27, Apr — 2016

Zezita Matos and Cyria Coentro, big scores of Velho Chico

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

“The veteran actress born in the State of Paraíba and known for her work in the cinema (“O céu de Suely”, “Baixio das bestas” and “Cinema, aspirinas e urubus”) was acclaimed for her performance. More than that. The potency seen in present-day Piedade comes from the care with which Zezita is honoring the task given to her by Cyria. Both incorporate the archetype of a woman from Sertão. It is a beautiful work and the direction of Luiz Fernando Carvalho must also be praised”

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