Jayme Monjardim (Director)

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Works

The Clone

Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.

Release Date2001-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count221

Vote Count347

Pages of Life

Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

Release Date2006-07-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count203

Vote Count14

Sinhá Moça

Monarchists and Republicans confront themselves in Araruna, a small town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886, two years before the promulgation of the Golden Law. Sinhá Moça's love story, daughter of Colonel Ferreira, Baron de Araruna, and a slave-boy, with the young Dr. Rodolfo, an active Republican abolitionist, faced with the difficulties of the campaign for the abolition of slaves. The two meet on the train, when Sinhá Moça, after completing her studies in the provincial capital, returns to Araruna. Like Rodolfo, she has abolitionist ideas and criticizes her father's attitudes, fighting for the defense of blacks. Sinhá Moça, together with Rodolfo and other abolitionists, invade the slave quarters at night and liberate the blacks, giving them to the abolitionist associations, which guide them towards freedom.

Release Date1986-04-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count14

Vote Count4

The Life We Lead

This moving telenovela tells the story of an unconditional love that overcomes life’s unexpected turnarounds. Ana is a promising tennis player who counts on best friend and sister Manuela for support. After a terrible car accident, Ana goes into a deep coma and only emerges from it five years later. Now, she must struggle to recover the life that went on without her and that she no longer recognizes as her own.

Release Date2011-09-26

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count137

Vote Count14

Aquarela do Brasil

Release Date2000-08-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count60

Vote Count2

A Casa das Sete Mulheres

When the men go to war, the women also battle. This tale takes place in the XIX century, during a terrible civil war. Italy’s revolutionary leader Garibaldi must choose between two loves: a sweet aristocratic lady or a brave woman who leaves her husband to accompany him into battle. This super-production recounts the saga of women who do not go to war but must bear pain, solitude and new passions while their husbands and fathers fight the battles.

Release Date2003-01-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count51

Vote Count17

Chiquinha Gonzaga

It tells the story of Chiquinha Gonzaga, a revolutionary musician who marked the history of music in Brazil, and challenged the social standards of her time. Chiquinha was raised very comfortably and had an excellent education provided by his father, Jose Basileu, who expected his daughter to be a lady of the imperial court. But after listening to songs played in a black yard and influenced by friends, such as composer Joaquim Callado, Chiquinha begins to make compositions mixing polka and lundu. By imposition of her father, Chiquinha is forced to marry Jacinto, with whom she has three children. However, Jacinto forbids her to play, and she decides to separate from her husband, going against social standards. Chiquinha, then, fights for his freedom to play and will live with the great love of his youth, João Batista de Carvalho Jr., with whom he has a daughter, Alice.

Release Date1999-01-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count38

Vote Count4

Passport to Freedom

Aracy de Carvalho is a young clerk at the Brazilian Consulate. For two years, she has been secretly issuing passports to Jews without the dreaded "J" stamp, which not only won't allow them to travel, but will doom them to the horrors of concentration camps. When newly appointed diplomat, João Guimarães Rosa, arrives in Hamburg, the two fall madly in love. Aracy would later be honored by the Yad Vashem with the Righteous Among the Nations Award. João would be known as the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century.

Release Date2021-12-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Vote Count12

América

Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy.

Release Date2005-03-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count203

Vote Count23

Helena's Shadow

Laerte’s obsessive jealousy brings his relationship with Helena to an end on their wedding day. Twenty years later, he meets Luiza, the daughter of his long lost love. The two fall in love and stir up dormant feelings that profoundly affect Helena’s marriage and her relationship with her daughter. Defying everyone, Laerte and Luiza decide to follow their love to the highest bounds, leaving a trail of conflicts and pain along the way.

Release Date2014-02-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count143

Vote Count11

A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão

Release Date1990-12-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count3

Terra Nostra

This top-seller recounts the saga of Italians who immigrated to Brazil during the XIX century, seeking their fortunes in America. The forbidden love between Giulliana and Matteo flowers in the midst of the sweeping changes ushered in by the arrival of these Europeans in Brazilian towns. This great epic has thrilled viewers in more than eighty countries.

Release Date1999-09-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count221

Vote Count13

Divã

Release Date2011-04-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Voltei pra Você

Release Date1983-10-10

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Seize the Day

Helena and Luciana are two supermodels with completely opposite personalities: the first is stormy and spoiled, while the second - being older - is patient and restrained. Their fate changes when Helena becomes involved with Marcos, Luciana's father, an older man recently divorced from a former model, Tereza, who does not accept the end of the marriage.

Release Date2009-09-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count209

Vote Count12

Roque Santeiro

In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.

Release Date1985-06-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count209

Vote Count20

Casos e Acasos

Release Date2008-04-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count36

Tempo de Amar

Release Date2017-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count148

Vote Count5

Caribbean Flower

Cassiano, an air force pilot, and Ester, a tourist guide, fall madly in love at a young age. Their love grows throughout the years until they fall victim to a treacherous plot carried out by Alberto. This unscrupulous friend, who secretly loves the young woman, creates a plan to get rid of his rival. After being assigned by Alberto to deliver diamonds in the Caribbean, Cassiano suddenly disappears and is presumed dead. While Cassiano falls prey to dangerous Dom Rafael, Alberto takes the opportunity to comfort Ester and, fulfilling his evil plan, they marry.Cassiano, who remained in captivity for years, manages to escape with the help of a fellow prisoner named Duque and, pretending to be a tourist, reaches Brazil. Now he wants to square accounts with his former friend and reclaim Ester’s love.

Release Date2013-03-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count159

Vote Count9

Amor com Amor Se Paga

Release Date1984-03-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count155

Vote Count2

Pantanal

Release Date1990-03-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count223

Vote Count7

Direito de Amar

Release Date1987-02-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count173

Vote Count4

Sete Vidas

Release Date2015-03-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count106

Vote Count4

Acampamento de Férias

Release Date2009-10-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count15

Partido Alto

Release Date1984-05-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count174

Vote Count2

Corpo a Corpo

Eloá and Osmar's marriage is thrown into crisis when a mysterious man crosses their path. With a thirst for prestige and power, Eloá will face the consequences of her ambition.

Release Date1984-11-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count179

Vote Count6

Maysa: When the Heart Sings

Release Date2009-01-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

Vote Count7

The Dreamseller

A disillusioned psychologist tries to commit suicide until he strikes up a friendship with an unlikely saviour who teaches him a new way of living.

Release Date2016-12-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count119

Olga

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.

Release Date2004-08-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count193

O Tempo e o Vento

It tells the story of two families that are mortal enemies in the fictitious city of Santa Fe, at the end of the 20th century. Its characters who reek of soil, blood, and hard liquor get involved in various events in the small town, where their passions, desires, idealism and envy become intertwined and collide in a poetic and unexpected way.

Release Date2014-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count5

Didi e o Segredo dos Anjos

Release Date2014-12-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Time and the Wind

Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.

Release Date2013-09-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count54

O Avental Rosa

Release Date2018-08-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Heart and Guts

Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters.

Release Date1982-11-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count6