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Student's Heart (2002)

L 1 season 185 episodes 45 min Drama, Family and Soap

Synopsis

Biology professor Edu is an idealistic man who moves with his son Lipe to the charming, fictional town of Nova Aliança, in Minas Gerais, in search of a better quality of life. Edu is engaged to Amelinha, daughter of the wealthy and greedy rancher João Mourão. But this relationship becomes unstable when Edu falls in love with the dreamy lawyer Clara, daughter of Lígia and the experienced lawyer Raul Gouveia. Edu is a single father and tries to always be present in Lipe's life, attempting to keep him away from his mother, Mariana, whose drug addiction prevented her from raising her son. Edu's future father-in-law, João Mourão, is the biggest businessman in Nova Aliança: he owns a farm, a dairy, a meatpacking plant, and a transportation company. João takes issue with Edu when he discovers that the young man is a strong defender of nature and environmental protection laws, which turns him into a rival in the fight for a stretch of virgin forest.

About the series

Coração de Estudante (English: Student's Heart) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo in 2002.

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Coração de Estudante (English: Student's Heart) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo in 2002.

Cast

Fábio Assunção as Edu (Eduardo Feitosa)

Helena Ranaldi as Clara Gouveia Feitosa

Adriana Esteves as Amelinha (Amélia Mourão)

Vladimir Brichta as Nélio Garcia

Cláudio Marzo as João Alfredo Mourão

Carolina Kasting as Mariana Mendes

Marcello Antony as Leandro Junqueira

Ângela Vieira as Esmeralda Camargo

Bruno Garcia as Pedro Guerra

Marcos Caruso as Raul Gouveia

Pedro Malta as Lipe (Felipe Mendes Feitosa)

Júlia Feldens as Rafaela Tavares

Alinne Moraes as Rosana

Jussara Freire as Lígia Gouveia

Jéssica Marina as Sofia Mourão

Caio Blat as Matheus Camargo

Paulo Vilhena as Fábio

Cláudio Heinrich as Baú (Gustavo Brandão)

Paulo Gorgulho as Caio

Rodrigo Prado as Carlos

Betito Tavares as Cardosinho

Michelle Birkheuer as Bruna

Kailany Guimarães as Vitinho/Vítor (Rosana's baby)

Marília Passos as Patty (Patrícia Gouveia Brandão)

Alexandra Richter as Rita

Leonardo Villar as Ronaldo Rosa

Ítalo Rossi as Juiz Bonifácio

Tião D'Ávila as Sílvio

Ana Carbatti as Eneida

Dill Costa as Raimunda

Hugo Gross as Detetive Alceu

Juliana Martins as Ana

Mário César Camargo as Beraldo

Paulo Figueiredo as Prefeito Lineu Inácio

Ricardo Petraglia as Dr. Armando

Sônia Guedes as Madalena

Fernanda de Freitas as Heloísa

Ana Paula Botelho as Bia

Cacá Bueno as Horácio

Jana Palma as Luciana

Xando Graça as Delegado Isolino Furtado

Ramon Francisco as Zé

Nathália França as Carol Rosa

Supporting cast

Adalberto Nunes as Miguel

Alexandre Zacchia as driver

Aline Borges as Dolores (Amelinha's employee)

Amandha Lee as Laura

Ana Roberta Gualda as student

Bia Nunnes as Dra. Selma (Lipe's psychologist)

Bruno Abrahão as Lipe's colleague

Bruno Gradim as Maurício (Lolô's groom)

Cláudia Lira as Matilde

Cléa Simões as Naná (Lipe's nanny)

Dorgíval Jr. as Rodrigo

Erom Cordeiro as student

Eunice Silva as Dona Alair (secretary of the university)

Fausto Maule as Buddy Holliday

Fernanda de Freitas as Lolô (Heloísa Cordeiro)

Gilberto Marmorosch as Fernetto's innkeeper

Heitor Martinez as Cláudio (Clara's friend)

Jaime Leibovitch as João Mourão's lawyer

Lucas Margutti as student

Luciana Rigueira as Vanderléia

Luiz Felipe Badin as Osvaldo (bearer of the down syndrome)

Malu Valle as Eliane (Rafaela's mother)

Marcelo Escorel as Joaquim Mendes

Marcos França as forum official

Marcos Palmeira as Júlio Rosa

Maria Cristina Gatti as Andréia (social assistant)

Marilu Bueno as Madame Nicete

Marly Bueno as Zuzú (mother-in-law Pedro)

Mauro José as Padre Saulo

Miguel Rômulo as André

Monique Lafond as Amelinha's medical

Murilo Elbas as apparitor

Nica Bonfim as João Mourão's nurse

Nildo Parente as Dr. Carrasco (Mariana's lawyer)

Orã Figueiredo as Marido de Mercedes

Plínio Soares - Antônio (Rafaela's father)

Roberto Frota as entrepreneur

Rodrigo Edelstein as student

Roger Gobeth as Zeca Estrela (Zé Coutinho)

Rosaly Papadopol as Fábio's mother

Rosane Gofman

Tadeu di Pietro as entrepreneur

References

External links

Official website (in Portuguese)

Text from Coração de Estudante on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coração_de_Estudante

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Questions about the series Student's Heart

What is Student's Heart about?

Student's Heart: Biology professor Edu is an idealistic man who moves with his son Lipe to the charming, fictional town of Nova Aliança, in Minas Gerais, in search of a better quality of life. Edu is engaged to Amelinha, daughter of the wealthy and greedy rancher João Mourão. But this relationship becomes unstable when Edu falls in lo…

How many seasons does Student's Heart have?

Student's Heart has 1 season, with 185 episodes in total.

Is Student's Heart still running?

Student's Heart has ended in 2002.

How long is each episode of Student's Heart?

Each episode of Student's Heart runs about 45 minutes.

Where can I watch Student's Heart?

Student's Heart is available on Globoplay. Availability changes often.

Who stars in Student's Heart?

The cast of Student's Heart includes Fábio Assunção, Helena Ranaldi, Adriana Esteves, Vladimir Brichta and Marcello Antony.

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  • by Jardel 7.0

    Concluí _Coração de Estudante_ assistindo pela reprise do canal Viva (2022-2023) e o meu saldo é bastante positivo, apesar da forma como a novela foi conduzida, principalmente a partir da entrada do Carlos Lombardi. Uma novela gostosa de assistir, divertida e bastante nostálgica. Não sabia que tinha tantas memórias.

    Ainda que muitos não tenham curtido, a entrada do Carlos Lombardi no roteiro foi uma mão na roda e ajudou demais o desenvolvimento de vários personagens. Jacobina sozinho não iria construir Nélio e Amelinha tão bons como o público noveleiro conhece hoje. Uma dupla cheia de carisma. Por outro lado, lamento que pra isso acontecer bons personagens tenham enfraquecido na narrativa, principalmente aqueles do núcleo da república. Em especial a Rafa, que era uma personagem tão conectada a uma realidade e acabou resumida a um triângulo amoroso que não vingou.

    Mas o importante é: quem pega a novela pra assistir inteira tem que saber que a interferência lá na metade história muda a narrativa do avesso. Então, quem se apega demais aos tons dos personagens nos primeiros capítulos vai acabar se decepcionando.

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