Vivere (soap opera)
| Vivere | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Cristiana Farina and Lorenzo Favella |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original language(s) | Italian |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 2130 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22-25 min (episodes) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Canale 5 |
| Original release | 1999 – 2008 |
| Website | |
Vivere ("Living") was an Italian soap opera created by Cristiana Farina and Lorenzo Favella. It was broadcast from 1999 to 2008 on Canale 5, afterwards Rete 4, and in replica on La 5.
Vivere was also first fully Italian soap opera about hope, desire and dreams of four families. The series about four families which lives in Como, a rich, provincial town in Northern Italy. The protagonists of the story is Bonelli's, a family of restaurators from lower-middle class, Moretti's, whose head of the family a rich businessman and his handsome son a journalist, and a family of successful doctors De Carolis – Falcon. Plot of the series takes place in and around the ancient villas, hotels, restaurants, clinics and gyms. In this environment erupt private and public affairs whose consequences tension and intrigue such as arranged marriages, illicit love affairs, terrifying secrets and powerful games.
Guided by emotions, passions and dreams characters follow their heart, desires and instincts that are connected or separated. Such relationships built bittersweet picture of life in the Italian suburb, which is actually similar to the everyday life of each of us.
In Portugal in 2002, the television channel SIC, in collaboration with Endemol, was realised the remake of the soap opera, with the title Fúria de Viver.
It has been aired in Slovenia.
In Croatia, it was broadcast from May to August 2003 (only 60 episodes from Season 1) and reprised from July to late October 2006 (approx. 85 episodes).
Main Cast
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Elisabetta De Palo | Mirella Bonelli |
| Giorgio Biavati | Giovanni Bonelli |
| Veronika Logan | Chiara Bonelli |
| Beatrice Luzzi | Eva Bonelli |
| Manuela Maletta | Lisa Bonelli |
| Paolo Calissano | Bruno De Carolis |
| Giorgio Ginex | Giacomo Falcon |