Filhos do Carnaval: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Sons of Carnival tells the story of Anésio Gebara - the owner of a Samba School and Banker of an illegal lottery called "Animal Lottery" - and his 4 sons: Anesinho (white, 43 years old), Claudinho (businessman, white, 33 years old), Brown (Drum Major, mulatto, 33 years old) and Nilo (his father's bodyguard, black, 33 years old).The series begins on the day of the "Godfather's" birthday. Upon completing 75 years of age, Anésio Gebara is hit with the worst news in his life: Anesinho, his dearest son, commits suicide by shooting himself in the heart.From this moment on, Sons of Carnival relates the trajectory of the 3 remaining sons to fill the space left by the favorite son; the encounters and dis-encounters of the three "bastard" offspring until each one finds his place in the world. A saga which only ends in the last few seconds of the spectacular Samba School parade in Rio de Janeiro.

Series details

• Title: Filhos do Carnaval
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Portuguese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2006-03-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-11-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: Brazil
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9835
• IMDb ID: tt0805401
• TVDB ID: 98351

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-03-04; final listed air date 2006-04-08.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-10-04; final listed air date 2009-11-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Filhos do Carnaval on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.