Yoya Wursch (Writer)

The Screenwriter

32 renowned Brazilian screenwriters of the contemporary Brazilian cinema talk about their creative processes. From the concept of script to their agreements and disagreements, going through their experiences with filmmakers, their reaction to the finished film, critic, and even controversies on auteurism.

Release Date2012-01-01

Charactersd Herself

Vote Count1

O Beijo

Two women, caught up in existential questions, search for answers to the best way to live.

Release Date1980-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd

Young Hearts

Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Release Date1995-04-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count270

Vote Count38

Dona Anja

Dona Anja is a Brazilian telenovela produced by JPO Produções and originally broadcast by SBT from December 9, 1996, to April 26, 1997. Based on the novel of the same name by Josué Guimarães, it was adapted by Cristianne Fridman and Yoya Wursch, with general direction by Roberto Talma. The telenovela stars Lucélia Santos, Jonas Mello, Angelina Muniz, Danton Mello, Manuela Dias, Giuseppe Oristânio, Luiz Guilherme, and Sérgio Mamberti. Set in 1977 in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, the story follows Anja Guimarães Castilhos, a woman who breaks with the conservative traditions of her town after discovering her fiancé's betrayal. Together with Colonel Quineu, she becomes the owner of a brothel and challenges the values of local society by defending women's independence and questioning social norms. Surrounded by political conflicts, rivalries, and personal disputes, Anja fights for her freedom while facing powerful enemies.

Release Date1996-12-09

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Episode Count121

Vende-se um Véu de Noiva

Vende-se um Véu de Noiva is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by SBT from June 16, 2009, to January 9, 2010. It is based on the radio serial of the same name written by Janete Clair, which was also adapted into the 1969 telenovela Véu de Noiva by TV Globo. Created and adapted by Íris Abravanel, with collaboration from Jaqueline Vargas and Yoya Wursch, and directed by Del Rangel, the telenovela stars Day Mesquita, Daniel Alvim, Elaine Cristina, Marcos Winter, Thaís Pacholek, and Zé Carlos Machado. The story follows Maria Célia and Rubens Baronese, a couple whose lives are changed by a tragic conspiracy involving Maria's cousin Eunice, who plans to take away their newborn child. Years later, the consequences of this crime affect their families, revealing secrets, betrayals, ambition, and the struggle for truth, justice, and reconciliation.

Release Date2009-06-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count177

Metamorphoses

Release Date2004-03-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count122

Vote Count2

Rádio Pirata

A couple is charged with murdering a friend after discovering a fraud scheme at a data-processing center. They hide in a van, where they set up a clandestine station, so they start to report the fact, seeking to mobilize public opinion until it becomes a national scandal.

Release Date1987-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count10

Colégio Brasil

Colégio Brasil is a Brazilian children's telenovela produced by JPO Produções and broadcast by SBT from May 6 to September 20, 1996. Written by Yoya Wursch and directed by Roberto Talma and José Paulo Vallone, the telenovela was produced in partnership with JPO Produções and had 117 episodes. It stars Giuseppe Oristanio, Maria Padilha, Taumaturgo Ferreira, Patrícia de Sabrit, Paulo Nigro, Ana Kutner, Ittala Nandi, Cláudia Lira, Edwin Luisi, Afonso Nigro, and Fausto Maule. The story takes place at Colégio Brasil, a school where students and teachers experience friendships, conflicts, discoveries, and challenges of adolescence. The plot follows Nair, a strict and bitter school inspector marked by a painful past, and the lives of students who deal with issues such as friendship, relationships, teenage conflicts, sexuality, safe sex, and pregnancy. The telenovela combines drama and comedy while portraying the everyday life of young people in a school environment.

Release Date1996-05-06

DepartmentCrew

JobCreator

Episode Count119

Black Gaucho

In the south of Brazil, cattle raiding and criminal fires are a huge problem to farmers, until the arrival of the Black Gaucho, a masked knight, a mixture of legend and punisher.

Release Date1991-12-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3

Copacabana

Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background.

Release Date2001-07-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count9

Dance Dance Dance

Release Date2007-10-01

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Casa do Terror

Release Date1995-04-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Juba & Lula

Release Date1989-06-05

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

O Mistério no Colégio Brasil

Two students make a date in a secluded cave behind their school, where they could be undisturbed. But on arrival they see a corpse. They run to inform the authorities, but when they arrive the corpse has mysteriously disappeared.

Release Date1988-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

Crystal Moon

The fairy tale story of Maria da Graça, a small town girl with big time dreams of becoming a singer, who moves to Rio de Janeiro to pursue her ambitions.

Release Date1990-06-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count110

Summer Dream

Grieved over the loss of their daughter, an elderly couple has decided do spend their vacation travelling around Europe. The cab driver who takes them to the airport, Leo, overhears their conversation and decides to profit from their situation: Leo convinces the couple's staff he's their nephew, and invites his friends and girlfriend over for a special summer. Things go awry when his friend Marcelo arrives with a bus full of teenagers, who believe the mansion is actually a summer camp.

Release Date1990-12-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count18

Minha Vida Em Suas Mãos

After being fired from his job and have his unemployment insurance money robbed, a young man decides to become a robber himself. While escaping authorities, he meets a female teacher of whom he takes hostage. Things get complicated when they fall in love with each other.

Release Date2001-05-11

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2

O Bebê

Marta, a young mother, hardly believes when she hears her young baby speak. She tries to convince the other people in the family of the fact, but soon discovers the baby only speaks with her, even in English.

Release Date1987-10-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1

Espelho d'Água - Uma Viagem no Rio São Francisco

Young woman goes looking for her missing boyfriend, a photographer last seen going down huge São Francisco River, in Brazil. On her search, she is told many stories about that river.

Release Date2004-07-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Bete Balanço

A small town girl, who's an aspiring singer, tries to make a living out of music in the big city of Rio de Janeiro.

Release Date1984-07-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count23

Os Heróis Trapalhões: Uma Aventura na Selva

Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias are sent in a rescue mission to the daughter of the Army's minister.

Release Date1988-06-23

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count32

Sexo Frágil

To get money and produce the play in which his girlfriend acts, an unemployed actor dresses up as a woman and falls in love with a millionaire widower.

Release Date1986-08-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1