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O Clone

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O Clone
Genre
Created byGlória Perez
Written byGlória Perez
Directed by
  • Teresa Lampreia
  • Marcelo Travesso
  • Mário Márcio Bandarra
  • Marcos Schechtman
  • Jayme Monjardim
Starring
Opening theme"Sob o Sol" by Sagrado Coração da Terra[1]
ComposerMarcus Viana
Country of originBrazil
Original languagesPortuguese
Arabic
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes221
Production
Production locations
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30–74 minutes
Original release
NetworkRede Globo
Release1 October 2001 (2001-10-1) –
14 June 2002 (2002-6-14)
Related
El clon (2010)

O Clone (English: The Clone)[2] is a Brazilian telenovela created by Glória Perez and directed by Jayme Monjardim. Produced and aired by Rede Globo, it was aired from 1 October 2001 to 13 June 2002, with 221 episodes. It also was an international success, selling in 93 countries.[3]

Plot

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In the early 1980s, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Jade (Giovanna Antonelli), a young Muslim girl, is orphaned when her mother dies and has to go to Morocco where her uncle Alí lives. The problem is that Jade was living in a country with a culture very different from that of an Islamic country. Thus, once she arrives in Morocco, she must learn new traditions and customs, adjust to her new way of living, and face all the punishments she will be exposed to because of her conflicting personality and actions that go against her religion.

Back in Rio, a well-off family, the Ferraz, go to vacation in Morocco. Twin brothers Lucas and Diogo Ferraz (Murilo Benício), along with Leônidas (Reginaldo Faria), their father, and doctor and geneticist Augusto Albieri (Juca de Oliveira), a friend of the family and godfather to the twins, visit Alí, a friend of Albieri's. There, Lucas and Jade meet, and they fall in love at first sight. Jade, knowing it's haraam (a sin) to love Lucas, decides to forgo her religious mandates for the sake of love, which prohibit her from marrying a non-Muslim person. Meanwhile, in Rio, Diogo tragically dies in a helicopter crash. Both Lucas and Leônidas are devastated by the news, and thus Lucas's plans of running away with Jade are subsequently ruined. Albieri is shattered and becomes deeply despondent. He never recovered fully from the death of his fiancée, and Diogo's death renews his distress.

In an effort to change the natural course of events, in his despair Albieri resolves to utilize Lucas's cells in order to make the first human clone. Deusa (lit. "goddess) (Adriana Lessa), a low-middle class woman unable to get pregnant who has been receiving pro bono fertility treatment from Albieri, is unknowingly inseminated with Lucas's cloned cells and, as a result, gives birth to a boy she does not know is a clone, Léo. He is born without complications, but Albieri wants to stay close to him and watch him grow up. Léo gradually becomes very attached to Albieri, making Deusa uneasy.

Several years pass since Léo's birth. Now, Jade is married to Saíd (Dalton Vigh) and she's a mother of a little child, Khadija (Carla Diaz). She lives happily with her new family in Morocco and is beginning to love Saíd. However, due to Said's insecurities, a new encounter with Lucas is forced upon Jade to test her love for him. With this encounter, the old passion revives, but they're not the young lovers they once were and now they have new lives and new responsibilities. Lucas, who is married to Maysa (Daniela Escobar) with whom he has a daughter, Mel (Débora Falabella), doesn't know he was cloned 20 years previously. Albieri kept this a secret and has maintained efforts to keep Léo and Lucas from ever meeting and thereby finding out the truth. The last Albieri knew of Léo, he and Deusa had gone to the north of Brazil, but, when they return to Rio, Léo is now a handsome young man, and the living image of the young Lucas whom Jade met in Morocco. The arrival of Leo in Brazil and his later travels to Morocco will change the life of all the characters forever.

Syndication

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O Clone aired in Brazil comprising 221 episodes, of variable duration. However, when syndicated and sold to other countries the telenovela got the number of episodes enlarged to 250 and the duration fixed at 45 minutes. O Clone was a big hit, being aired in several countries all around the world. It was dubbed in several languages, with the Spanish version airing in the United States by Telemundo. There are also a few differences between the Brazilian soundtrack version and the syndicated one: some music was changed in order to make the people feel more identified; for example, many Portuguese songs were changed to Hispanic American music for the sake of the Hispanic community in the United States. The syndicated opening credits feature the same visuals as the original Brazilian run, but while the Brazilian opening includes the song "Sob o Sol" by Sagrado Coração da Terra, the syndicated opening has "Maktub" by Marcus Viana.

Cast

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Actor Character
Murilo Benício Lucas Ferraz
Diogo Ferraz
Edvaldo Leandro Moura da Silva (Léo)
Giovanna Antonelli Jade Rachid
Vera Fischer Yvete Simas Ferraz
Reginaldo Faria Leônidas Ferraz (Leãozinho)
Juca de Oliveira Augusto Albieri
Adriana Lessa Deusa da Silva
Dalton Vigh Said Rachid
Daniela Escobar Maysa Ferraz
Stênio Garcia Ali El Adib
Eliane Giardini Nazira Rachid
Letícia Sabatella Latiffa El Adib Rachid
Antônio Calloni Mohamed Rachid
Jandira Martini Zoraide
Nívea Maria Edna Albieri
Cristiana Oliveira Alice Maria Ferreira das Neves (Alicinha)
Débora Falabella/Cynthia Falabella Melissa Ferraz (Mel)
Marcello Novaes Alexandre Cordeiro (Xande)
Solange Couto Jurema Cordeiro (Dona Jura)
Osmar Prado Lobato
Cissa Guimarães Clarisse
Marcos Frota Escobar
Neusa Borges Dalva
Ruth de Souza Dona Mocinha da Silva
Victor Fasano Otávio Valverde (Tavinho)
Beth Goulart Lidiane Valverde
Luciano Szafir Zein
Nívea Stelmann Ranya Rachid
Thiago Fragoso Nando Escobar
Sthefany Brito Samira El Adib Rachid
Thaís Fersoza Telma Valverde (Telminha)
Sérgio Marone Maurício Valverde (Cecéu)
Elizângela Noêmia
Viviane Victorette Regina da Costa (Regininha)
Raul Gazolla Miro
Françoise Forton Simone
Juliana Paes Karla
Mara Manzan Odete
Roberto Bonfim Edvaldo
Carla Diaz Khadija Rachid
Perry Salles Mustafá Rachid
Sebastião Vasconcellos Tio Abdul Rachid
Thiago Oliveira Amin El Adib Rachid
Carolina Macieira Sumaya Rachid
Totia Meireles Laurinda Albuquerque
Guilherme Karan Raposão
Eri Johnson Ligeirinho
Myrian Rios Anita
Murilo Grossi Júlio
Thalma de Freitas Carol
Marcelo Brou Pitoco
Léa Garcia Lola da Silva
Francisco Cuoco Padre Matiolli
Tânia Alves Norma
Sílvio Guindane Basílio
Christiana Kalache Aninha
Maria João Bastos Amália
Jayme Periard Rogê
Antônio Pitanga Tião
Ingra Liberato Amina
Michelle Franco Michelle
Milena Paula Milena
Eduardo Martini Cotia
Eduardo Canuto Gasolina
Luá Ubacker Duda
Aimée Ubacker Aimée
Andressa Koetz Soninha

Portrayal of Muslims

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While the telenovela's attention to issues of drug addiction won its creator an award, the portrayal of Arab-Muslim cultures attracted criticism from Arab-Muslim voices.[4]

The part of the telenovela dealing with Islamic customs and attitudes mixes traditions from diverse countries, rather than those of Morocco alone, and has been criticised for its inaccurate representation of these traditions.[4] These criticisms include the portrayal of polygamy as commonly accepted in Morocco, women rarely working outside the home or pursuing an advanced education, and women having only unimportant roles within the family. Critics making these comments included sheik Abdelmalek Cherkaoui Ghazouani, the Moroccan ambassador to Brazil, who considered the high profile of these representations to merit his posting his criticisms directly on his embassy's website as part of a bulletin board.[5]

Reception

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Ratings

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Timeslot # Eps. Premiere Finale Position TV season Average viewership
Date Viewers
(in points) 		Date Viewers
(in points)
Monday—Saturday
20:35 		221
1 October 2001
 47[6]
14 June 2002
 62[7] #1 2001 - 2002 47[8]

In its premiere, O Clone registered a viewership rating of 47 points, peaking at 53 points.[6]

Its ever lowest recorded data in terms of viewership was on the New Year's Eve of 31 December 2001.

The episode where Lucas and his clone first meet registered 56 points and a 63-point peak, with a 73% audience share.[9]

In its finale, O Clone registered a viewership rating of 62 points peaking at 68 and 77% of audience share.[7]

O Clone registered a mean viewership rating of 47 points.[8]

Remake

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In January 2010, a remake in Spanish started to be recorded in Colombia. This remake is a production of TV Globo and Telemundo and it was titled El Clon.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Marcus Viana continua excêntrico" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Globo - The Clone". Globo TV International. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Brennan, Steve (November 11, 2008). "Telemundo reincarnates 'El Clon'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  4. ^ a b *The Brazilian Telenovela El Clon: An Analysis of Viewers' Online Vicarious and Virtual Learning Experiences, doctoral dissertation on the program, Elizabeth Barbosa
  5. ^ *"O Clone" e o simulacro, (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo, 17 June 2002.
  6. ^ a b Alessandro Soares (2 October 2001). "'O Clone' estréia com 47 pontos de audiência" (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Último capítulo de 'O Clone' bate recorde de audiência" (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. 15 June 2002. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  8. ^ a b Feltrin, Ricardo (18 September 2008). "Ibope de novelas desaba na Globo; veja a queda" (in Portuguese). Uol Notícias. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  9. ^ Redação Folha Online (1 May 2002). "Encontro de Leo e Lucas rende picos de 63 pontos em "O Clone"" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  10. ^ Glória Perez talks about the remake of "O Clone" (in Portuguese)
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