1, May — 2016
Soap Opera Expert
- 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.”
Leia Mais
1, Oct — 2016
Velho Chico re-inaugurates the desire for an utopia
- 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”
Leia Mais
24, Mar — 2016
Velho Chico marks a great moment in television drama
- 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.”
Leia Mais
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.”
Leia Mais30, 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.”
Leia Mais
16, Mar — 2016
Velho Chico scores high in its debut
- 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.”
Leia Mais
10, Dec — 2016
Velho Chico scores high in its debut
- 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.”
Leia Mais
16, Mar — 2016
Beautiful chapter marks the return of the rural Brazil to TV
- O Globo
“Debut of Velho Chico had the same authorial stamp of its director, Luiz Fernando Carvalho.”
Leia Mais
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.”
Leia Mais
18, Mar — 2016
Velho Chico and the real and fantastic Brazils
- 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.”
Leia Mais
15, Mar — 2016
Back to the classic feuilleton
- Extra
“Velho Chico debuted yesterday night fulfilling all requirements of a big production: gorgeous scenes, perfect direction, top cast.”
Leia Mais
30, Sep — 2016
The biggest achievement of Velho Chico was to cause and stimulate the audience
- 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.”
Leia Mais30, Sep — 2016
Thank You, Velho Chico
- UOL
29, Dec — 2016
The one putting a smile on the face of viewers in 2016
- 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.”
Leia Mais
21, Apr — 2016
Culture is strategic
- Zero Hora
“Velho Chico is gorgeous, with photography and cinematographic frameworks, exuberant colors and a Shakespearean story that works.”
Leia Mais
28, Sep — 2016
Ethereal presence of Domingos Montagner in Old Chico
- 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.”
Leia Mais
25, Sep — 2016
Subjective camera: solution of Velho Chico for character Santos is beautiful
- 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”
Leia Mais30, Sep — 2016
Velho Chico: five reasons that mad this soap opera a milestone in the Brazilian television drama
- 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.”
Leia Mais27, 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
- 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”
Leia Mais6, Jul — 2016
Velho Chico Record 1 is a consistent beat of Brazilian tropicalist rhythm
- 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.
Leia Mais24, Jun — 2016
Velho Chico: A soap opera to see, hear and think about Brazil
- 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.”
Leia Mais10, Jul — 2016
Velho Chico raises the genre level and becomes one the greatest productions in Brazilian TV
- 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.”
Leia Mais
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Thrilling and exquisite today’s chapter of Velho Chico
3, Aug — 2016
Lucy Alves, who plays Luzia in Velho Chico, is now the current leader of the show
- 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)”
Leia Mais7, Jun — 2016
Marcos Palmeira gets the spotlight in Velho Chico
- 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.”
Leia Mais
19, Apr — 2016
Irandhir Santos, a great actor that deserves some attention
- O Globo
“Now that he is on scene, his character Bento will not stay behind. His performance is worth your attention.”
Leia Mais
27, Apr — 2016
Zezita Matos and Cyria Coentro, big scores of Velho Chico
- 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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