Glamoroso!
(12) The High Society Of Rio de Janeiro
Only for New Year’s Eve parties do rich Cariocas — as the people of Rio de Janeiro call themselves — head to Copacabana, taking in the fireworks and the famous beach packed with hundreds of thousands of ordinary people. Normally, they stay within their guarded condominiums in Ipanema, Gávea, Leblon or Barra. Or, like plastic surgery pioneer Ivo Pitanguy, on their private island some distance from Rio.
Between favelas and villas, we meet Zico, the white Pelé; Hans Stern, the country’s greatest jeweller, born in Essen, in Germany’s Ruhr area; and Hans Donner, Brazil’s celebrated TV designer, and his wife, carnival and samba queen Globeleza.
The great-grandson of Brazil’s last emperor, Prince João de Orleans e Bragança, is now an ecologist who would rather be in Rio’s remaining rainforest than at extravagant parties.
* Original German title: Mondän!
Between favelas and villas, we meet Zico, the white Pelé; Hans Stern, the country’s greatest jeweller, born in Essen, in Germany’s Ruhr area; and Hans Donner, Brazil’s celebrated TV designer, and his wife, carnival and samba queen Globeleza.
The great-grandson of Brazil’s last emperor, Prince João de Orleans e Bragança, is now an ecologist who would rather be in Rio’s remaining rainforest than at extravagant parties.
* Original German title: Mondän!
Facts
The Mondän! (Glamoroso!) series was nominated for the national Adolf-Grimme-Prize in 2000
First aired 28th November 1999, 22.30 pm on ZDF
1,97 million viewers, 9,2 % market share
The Mondän! series had unbelievable 67 reruns between 1998 and 2011.
Credits
Written and directed by
Petra Höfer
Freddie Röckenhaus
Francesca D‘Amicis
Produced by:
Petra Höfer
Freddie Röckenhaus
Producers:
Paulo Quinderé
Pedro Cavalcante
Silke Rossink
DOP:
Brian Sewell
Thomas Schäfer
Editing:
Jörg Wegner
Editor at ZDF:
Peter Arens
A colourFIELD production, commissioned by ZDF
