# Hilda Furacão

Hilda Furacão (English: Hurricane Hilda) is a 1998 Brazilian miniseries written by Glória Perez, based on Roberto Drummond's book, starring Ana Paula Arósio in the title role.

## Plot

The most sought-after prostitute in the Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, brothels during the 50s and 60s, Hilda Müller (Ana Paula Arósio) was the daughter of a highly respected middle-class family. She scandalized society by breaking away from her family and shattering taboos, fleeing on her wedding day and seeking refuge in a brothel and adopting the alias Hilda Furacão. The miniseries contrasts antagonistic contexts (religiosity and profligacy behavior; revolution and counter-revolution), as well as, with antagonistic characters (Hilda Furacão and Frei Malthus (Rodrigo Santoro). The series ends during the 60s, after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'etat.

## Cast

| Actor | Character |
| Ana Paula Arósio | Hilda Furacão (Hilda Gualtieri Müller) |
| Rodrigo Santoro | Frei Malthus |
| Danton Mello | Roberto Drummond |
| Thiago Lacerda | Aramel |
| Rosi Campos | Maria Tomba-Homem |
| Débora Duarte | Sãozinha (Conceição Drummond) |
| Eva Todor | Loló Ventura |
| Carlos Vereza | Lorca |
| Arlete Salles | Madame Janete |
| Paulo Autran | Padre Nelson |
| Mário Lago | Olavo |
| Tarcísio Meira | Coronel Pocidônio |
| Stênio Garcia | Tonico Mendes |
| Tereza Seiblitz | Gabriela M |
| Zezé Polessa | Neném |
| Walderez de Barros | Ciana (Emerenciana Drummond) |
| Paloma Duarte | Leonor |
| Cláudia Alencar | Divinéia |
| Matheus Nachtergaele | Cintura Fina |
| Marcos Frota | Padre Geraldo |
| Cláudio Corrêa e Castro | Mauro Garber |
| Eloísa Mafalda | Clotilde |
| Jackson Antunes | Inspetor Eduardo |
| José Lewgoy | Tenente Benedito |
| Otávio Müller | Delegado Bernardo |
| Paulo Betti | Delegado Renciso |
| Eliane Giardini | Berta |
| Luís Melo | Padre Ciro |
| Rogério Cardoso | Ventura |
| Tatiana Issa | Dorinha |
| Roberto Bonfim | Coronel Filogônio Flores |
| Maria Maya | Zora |
| Cininha de Paula | Lucianara |
| Carolina Kasting | Bela B |
| Sérgio Loroza | M.C. |
| Chico Diaz | Orlando Bonfim |
| Marcos Oliveira | Zé Viana |
| Anselmo Vasconcellos | Jabuti |
| Guilherme Karan | João Dindim |
| Carlos Gregório | Alencastro |
| Walther Verve | Alves |
| Daniel Boaventura | Zico |
| Ricardo Blat | Cidinho |
| Henri Pagnocelli | Müller |
| Mara Manzan | Nevita |
| Ivan Cândido | Delegado Procópio |
| Pedro Brício | Juca |
| Suzana Gonçalves | Yara Tupinambá |
| Caio Junqueira | Demétrio |
| Dary Reis | Nilson Sargento |
| Iara Jamra | Beata Fininha |
| Marilena Cury | Alição |
| Yachmin Gazal | Alicinha |
| Elaine Mickely | Rosa |
| Luís Cláudio Jr. | Dudu |
| Pedro Salomão Perrini Sakhabuth | Frei Malthus (child) |

## Production

The mission of adapting the book Hilda Furacão for TV was given to Glória Perez by Mário Lúcio Vaz, then director of Central Globo de Produções. Perez ended up busying herself with other work, and Hilda's concept went through several potential authors until she returned to the project in 1997. To portray the 60s, Perez spoke with activists of the time, including Mário Lago (also a member of the cast) and Apolônio de Carvalho.
Ana Paulo Arósio, then hired by rival network SBT, was specially assigned by Globo for the miniseries. The idea for the casting came from director Wolf Maya.
The scenes in the fictional Santana dos Ferros were recorded in Tiradentes, where the production temporarily closed streets and altered facades. The Hotel Glória, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, passed as the Minas Tênis Clube, and the Niterói City Council served as the Belo Horizonte City Council.