Chega Mais
television series
Chega Mais is a Brazilian telenovela that premiered on 3 March 1980 replacing Marron Glacê at the traditional 7 pm timeslot. It is created by Carlos Eduardo Novaes, and directed by Gonzaga Blota, Walter Campos, Roberto Vignati and Reynaldo Boury.
Plot
Set in Rio de Janeiro, it tells the story of Tom (Tony Ramos) and Gelly (Sônia Braga), who fight all the time, even though one can't live without the other. Their relationship becomes even more complicated when Tom is kidnapped on the day of his wedding to Gelly, leaving her distressed at the altar. He actually planned the kidnapping so that Gelly's family would pay the ransom. But what Tom didn't know is that her family is bankrupt.
Tom is an independent, irreverent and playful young man who doesn't think life is worth taking seriously. He lives with his father, Gilberto Barata (Gilberto Martinho), a retired civil servant who lives at home in his pajamas, looking after his pets, with whom he talks during the day. Barata has a difficult relationship with his son, because he behaves in a totally different way to what he had projected: a proper man, with a steady job and a family. There's also Wilma (Nádia Lippi), Tom's humble, shy and romantic sister, who works and studies, as well as looking after the house and her father, by whom she is subjugated.
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