Young Hearts
Young Hearts
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Young Hearts

6.3
Yr 1995
Status Canceled
Soap Comedy Drama
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Overview

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.

Why fans love it

Young Hearts occupies a unique space in television history by functioning as a long-running anthology for the teenage experience. By shifting its focus across decades and varying its setting from a Rio de Janeiro gym club to the halls of Múltipla Escolha High School, the series creates a rotating portrait of youth culture. It blends the high stakes of traditional drama and romance with moments of lightness found in domestic comedy, maintaining a consistent ability to capture the anxieties of school and family life.

The longevity of the project allows viewers to trace the evolution of Brazilian teen narratives. Actors like Cláudio Heinrich anchor the earlier years, providing a nostalgic entry point into the series’ extensive catalog. Whether framed as a straightforward soap or a multifaceted school drama, the program prioritizes the comforting rhythm of recurring characters navigating the messy transitions of adolescence. This approach turns a simple premise into an expansive document of growing up.

Featured Players

Cast

Credited 75
Regulars 18
Longest run 1662 eps
Charles Paraventi
Charles Paraventi
as Prof. Afrânio
1662 episodes
Daniel Boaventura
Daniel Boaventura
as Prof. Adriano Lopes
455 episodes
Cidinha Milan
Cidinha Milan
as Rosa
455 episodes
Cláudio Heinrich
Cláudio Heinrich
as Eduardo Siqueira Júnior (Dado)
573 episodes
Bernardo Mendes
Bernardo Mendes
as Ivan Cardoso (Bodão)
779 episodes
Luigi Baricelli
Luigi Baricelli
as Romão Marques Macieira
843 episodes
Dill Costa
as Maria Candelária Santiago
573 episodes
André Marques
André Marques
as Alexandre Ferreira (Mocotó)
968 episodes
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Bruno De Luca as Fábio Gonzalez Filho (Fabinho) 843 episodes Fabiano Miranda as Bróduei do Nascimento 843 episodes Daniela Pessoa as Magali Albuquerque 573 episodes Karen Junqueira as Teresa Maia (Tuca) 455 episodes Ícaro Silva as Rafael Monteiro (Rafa) 1151 episodes Bia Montez as Vilma Ribeiro da Silva 1662 episodes Karla Nogueira as Aurélia 870 episodes Caio Castro as Bruno Oliveira Guimarães 738 episodes Mariana Rios as Yasmin Fontes 539 episodes Jonatas Faro as Waldemar Peralta 539 episodes Carolinie Figueiredo as Domingas Gentil 738 episodes Johnny Massaro as Fernando Chalfon (Fernandinho) 738 episodes Sophia Abrahão as Felipa Gentil 539 episodes John Herbert as Nabucodonosor Pereira (Nabuco) 831 episodes Danton Mello as Héricles Barreto 622 episodes Léo Jaime as Nando 508 episodes Helena Fernandes as Lucrécia 495 episodes Fred Mayrink as Miguel Valim (Guel) 464 episodes Milena Toscano as Bárbara 456 episodes Antonio Pedro as Valério (Capitão) 675 episodes Tato Gabus Mendes as Dr. César Nobre 501 episodes Roger Gobeth as Alfredo Fernandes (Touro) 903 episodes Felipe Titto as Frederico Foster (Marley) 508 episodes Bianca Rinaldi as Leonor 484 episodes Paulo Betti as Miguel Barreto 499 episodes Vitor Novello as Antônio Ramos (Tonzinho) 512 episodes Edvana Carvalho as Bete 529 episodes Íris Bustamante as Profª. Sabrina 702 episodes Henri Castelli as Pedro Rodrigues 704 episodes Fernanda Nobre as Beatriz Albuquerque (Bia) 788 episodes Fernanda Souza as Heloísa Castro (Helô) 892 episodes Mário Frias as Rodrigo Chaves 512 episodes Danni Suzuki as Miyuki Shimahara 976 episodes Graziella Schmitt as Viviane dos Reis Schneider (Vivi) 707 episodes Thais Fersoza as Carla Duncan (Ursa) 470 episodes Giselle Policarpo as Eduarda Quaresma (Duda) 672 episodes Humberto Carrão as Diogo Soares da Costa 465 episodes Natália Lage as Marina Granato Ferreira 672 episodes Fernando Pavão as Prof. Gustavo Leal (Guto) 650 episodes Nuno Leal Maia as Prof. Paulo Pasqualete 1098 episodes Helder Agostini as Fernando Malta (Fernandinho / FM) 1003 episodes Aisha Jambo as Naomi Ramos 788 episodes Giuseppe Oristanio as Prof. Afonso Malta 788 episodes Antônio Grassi as Prof. João Mendes (Jalecão) 525 episodes Rafaela Mandelli as Fernanda Lemos (Nanda) 511 episodes Iran Malfitano as Guilherme Ferreira (Gui) 511 episodes Gisele Frade as Adriana Spinelli (Drica) 949 episodes Renata Dominguez as Solene Ribeiro da Silva (Sol) 699 episodes Sérgio Abreu as Alberto Bandini (Beto) 699 episodes Sidney Sampaio as Daniel Bittencourt (Dani) 511 episodes Sérgio Hondjakoff as Arthur Malta (Cabeção) 1234 episodes Eric Muller as Manoel Gonçalves (Farofa) 511 episodes Alexandre Slaviero as Carlos Henrique Soares (Kiko) 958 episodes André De Biase as Vinícius Lemos 1211 episodes Juliana Didone as Letícia Gomes da Silva 508 episodes Guilherme Berenguer as Gustavo Soares da Costa 508 episodes Marjorie Estiano as Natasha Ferreira 508 episodes Laila Zaid as Isabel Freitas (Bel) 770 episodes Lidi Lisboa as Aline Coimbra 508 episodes Tássia Camargo as Lúcia Gomes da Silva 770 episodes Chris Couto as Profª. Beth Leão 770 episodes Marco Antônio Gimenez as Alexandre Camello Rivera Júnior (Urubu) 520 episodes Joana Balaguer as Jaqueline Garcia (Jaque) 520 episodes Wagner Santisteban as Igor Palma (Download) 520 episodes José Loreto as Marcolino da Silva (Marcão) 520 episodes César Cardadeiro as Pedro Palma 520 episodes Karla Muga as Profª. Bárbara 520 episodes
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Keywords

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Details

First Aired
April 24, 1995
Status
Canceled
Origin
BR
TMDB Votes
38