O Rei do Gado, written by Benedito Ruy Barbosa

O Rei do Gado, written by Benedito Ruy Barbosa, received the Certificate of Merit at the San Francisco International Film Festival, where it competed with 1,525 productions from 62 countries. In addition, the first phase of the soap opera, which portrayed the decline of the coffee cycle and Brazil's participation in the Second World War, was transformed into a miniseries entitled "Giovanna e Henrico" by the International Division of Rede Globo. The work was selected as hors-concours at the Banff Festival, in Canada, among 720 productions from 38 countries. O Rei do Gado” was the first soap opera to be sold to the international market even before its debut in Brazil. The soap opera was nominated for the International Emmy for best telenovela in 1997, it also won the “Troféu Imprensa” for best telenovela of the year it was shown. The Brazilian plot won the Certificate of Merit at the San Francisco International Film Festival, after competing with more than a thousand productions
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