The King of the Cattle

Original title: O Rei do Gado

TV Series
1996–1997
1h

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Antônio Fagundes in The King of the Cattle (1996)

The enmity between two rancher families in territorial dispute, and the forbidden love between a drover and a landless, mysterious woman with no past.The enmity between two rancher families in territorial dispute, and the forbidden love between a drover and a landless, mysterious woman with no past.The enmity between two rancher families in territorial dispute, and the forbidden love between a drover and a landless, mysterious woman with no past.

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Awards
- 19 wins & 5 nominations

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Trivia
The first time the Brazilian agricultural reform and the MST movement were depicted in a telenovela. Premiered two months after the deaths of 19 landless workers in Eldorado dos Carajás, in the Brazilian state of Pará.

Connections
Referenced in vem_aí (2013)

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Rei do Gado
(uncredited)
Written by Nil Bernardes and Marcelo Barbosa
Performed by Orquestra da Terra
Courtesy of Warner Music, Continental Division, Brazil
(Theme Song)

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Rei do Gado

Rei do Gado was a novel divided in two parts. The first part is about Italians immigrants, in 40's, in Brazil and the second part in 1996 em Sao Paulo. The novel was focused on a fight between neighbours: Mezenga's family against Berdinazzi's family. The author explore very well the new immigrants in Sao Paulo, Italians' life style, countryside, II WW, passions and lovers. During their troubles, Giovanna Berdinazzi and Enrico Mezenga felt in love. The couple had a boy, Bruno. The drama arrived in 1996, the descendants still have a quarrel all the time they met each other.

It was a lovely story but I did not like the Italian language that was spoken in the novel, it was quite bad. Antonio Fagundes was Antonio Mezenga and Raul Cortez was Geremias Berdinazzi. Rei do Gado was a great success and you cannot miss this wonderful story.