Malhação: Vidas Brasileiras - Michael & Santiago w/Subtitles

[TheGuyFromBrazil]

SOPHIA BP added two new parts

[JOJO]

Sophia has added subtitles to PART 32 =D

[boz-ruh]

I didn't expect this to be this good. Santiel is so cute I was smiling the entire time and now my cheeks hurt. Can't wait for more!

A photo of this cuties;

SPOILER: Click to show

[TheGuyFromBrazil]

They are really cute indeed. For a first gay pairing on such a traditional show, I think they are doing a surprisingly good job. I’m actually surprised at how much they’ve been featured since their major storyline ended, especially considering the cast is so big.

[kevvoi]

Sophia posted a few more clips (currently without Subtitles):

[JOJO]

Apparently, Santiago's arc will start January 16! =D

First news are that actors Giselle Batista and Diogo Monteiro will be guest staring. Monteiro will be playing a soccer coach from a major team and Batista's character will be a physiotherapist.

[JOJO]

IT'S OFFICIAL! SANTIAGO is getting his own 15-days arc starting JANUARY 16

Here are some spoilers from the episodes airing on the week of January 14 through January 18

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Santiago apologizes to Lourenço for his bad performance in soccer, and Michael suffers for his boyfriend.

Michael is disappointed with Santiago for not introducing him to Lourenço.

Lourenço kicks Santiago out of home after seeing him with Michael.

Santiago asks for shelter to Talíssia.

Solange and Fabiana convince Lourenço that Santiago is being influenced by Michael.

Michael asks Santiago if they should take a break from seeing each other

Lourenço suggests that Santiago tests for a football team out of Rio de Janeiro. Santiago is suspicious of Lourenco's intentions but agrees to participate.

Bryan praises the performance of Santiago and Lourenço is encouraged.

Deivide threatens Santiago.

Bryan intimidates Santiago. Santiago fears Bryan's behavior.

Deivide is offensive to Santiago.

Michael worries about the lack of news from Santiago.

Bryan hides Santiago's belongings and humiliate him in front of the other players.

Santiago confronts Bryan

Ok, so much happening and so many new characters! Poor Santi

[kevvoi]

Part 33 has subtitles now.

[nlklinh]

Thanks kevvoi. I have been waiting for it

[JOJO]

Sophia has added subtitles for parts 34 - 35 - 36

[TheGuyFromBrazil]

Veteran actor Jackson Antunes will play Santiago's dad. That's exciting... he's really good! I'm actually surprised they cast a big actor for the role as they usually go for unknown actors or actors with a lower profile for this guest appearances on Malhação. I guess his dad will have a major role than most parents on the show.

Here's a picture of them...

[kevvoi]

Sophia uploaded subtitles to part 37, plus uploaded new clips (currently without subtitles):

[dmagiclight]

so is this girl tying to get with Santiago?

[TheGuyFromBrazil]

Jan 16, 2019 17:18:21 GMT -5 dmagiclight said:

so is this girl tying to get with Santiago?

No, not at all. She actually likes a different character (Peixe, the other boy who’s talking to her after the party).. She’s kind of a “villain” character on the show and everybody hates her, but Santi feels bad for her. She’ll be soon “stabbing” Santi on the back when all he did was being nice to her... she’s a snake

[kevvoi]

Part 38 now has English subtitles.

[JOJO]

The promo for Santiago's storyline

http://instagram.com/p/BsyMuoLg6ak

[lexmoon]

Part 39 and part 40 have subtitles

[TheGuyFromBrazil]

That last scene between Santi and his dad was hard to watch... urgh!

I wanted to hug Santi so bad.

[TheGuyFromBrazil]

Also, here's a nice little article featuring Giovanni Dopico (who plays Santiago)

Giovanni Dopico reveals emotion after scene with

Jackson Antunes: 'Very generous'

Actor of 'Malhação: Brazilian Lives' talks about scene when his father discovers Santiago's sexuality and reveals an episode of prejudice: 'My mother cried'.

Giovanni Dopico began his TV career just four months ago, but with so little time, he has faced a lot of challenges. On air in 'Brazilian Lives' as Santiago, a gay teenager who has the dream of being a soccer player, the actor had to put himself in the shoes of many young gay people to play the character.

"Santiago discovered his sexuality throughout the story and it has been great putting myself in the place of someone living in a universe so different from mine," says the 23-year-old actor, who was surprised by the public's reaction.

"The fans are very fond of him and #Santiel (the couple formed by Santiago and Michael, portrayed by the actor Pedro Vinícius) and I get a lot of messages. The vast majority is very positive," says the actor.

With the character, Giovanni had the opportunity to star in the first gay male kiss of the show and think about bigger issues regarding prejudice.

"I was talking to Pedro (Vinícius) one of these days, and he told me that sometimes he feels afraid of going out on the street. There's still a lot of prejudice and that is something very serious."

Having people close to him talking about how "unfortunate" that he's playing a gay role, is one of the cases of prejudice he has faced, but nothing compares to the day his mother came home very sad.

"She didn't want to say anything, but then she started crying a lot. She was in a mall when she heard very aggressive comments about my character and the gay kiss on the plot. It really hit her"

All the negative facts, however, he used in his favor. Giovanni says that he puts that energy into the construction of the character and his effort has been working. With much praise by the public and the fans, Giovanni was very moved by recent scenes, especially  the revealing of Santiago's sexuality to his father, portrayed by the actor Jackson Antunes.

"I couldn't have had a better colleague on that scene, Jackson is very generous, we really connected in that moment. As soon as we finished shooting, the emotion was so strong, he came to hug me and I cried a lot thinking about what Santiago was going through"

During the next fortnight, his character will still go through a lot of emotions. Approved in a new soccer team, Santi will have to face now harassment from his own coach, Bryan. For those who think that rookies on TV don't face much challenges, Giovanni is here to prove otherwise.

gshow.globo.com/novelas/malhacao/2018/noticia/giovanni-dopico-revela-emocao-apos-cena-com-jackson-antunes-muito-generoso.ghtml

[kevvoi]

Part 41 and 42 now have English subtitles.

[kevvoi]

Part 43 has English subtitles. Sophia also posted new clips (currently without subtitles):

[TheGuyFromBrazil]

POOR SANTI... when he does that sad puppy face, my heart dies a little lol

I gotta say though, Michael has been quite selfish throughout this whole thing with Santiago’s dad... I mean... I get that it must be frustrating for him, but coming out is just so much bigger than that. It’s a milestone to anyone in the LGBTQ community, and you shouldn’t do it if you’re not ready yet.

[justinate]

Jan 25, 2019 8:54:03 GMT -5 TheGuyFromBrazil said:

POOR SANTI... when he does that sad puppy face, my heart dies a little lol

I gotta say though, Michael has been quite selfish throughout this whole thing with Santiago’s dad... I mean... I get that it must be frustrating for him, but coming out is just so much bigger than that. It’s a milestone to anyone in the LGBTQ community, and you shouldn’t do it if you’re not ready yet.

I completely agree: Giovanni Dopico has very soulful eyes. It's hard to imagine anyone would want to be mean to his Santiago, much less his own dad. Do we know where Santi's mother is - and does he have any siblings? Like Michael seems to be the only child of a single mum. It's one heck of a coincidence if Santi is also the only child of a single parent. I could see the dad kicking him out because he doesn't want Santi to lead his younger brother(s) astray, but there's no such information so far in the subtitled clips.

I'm not against gay characters being portrayed as flawed, so I'm okay with Michael being unsympathetic to Santi's plight. Michael has always been a drama queen, so to be all "me, me, me" is consistent with his characterization. It's not like their entire relationship is playing out in the closet; everyone else seems to know and they're together in public, it's only Santi's dad who Santi doesn't want to tell - and with good reason; now he's been kicked out of his home. Relationships are about compromise; if this is one compromise Michael can't accommodate, then he should just break up with Santi, instead of leaving him to be kicked out of his home and tortured by a homophobic soccer coach.

[TheGuyFromBrazil]

Jan 26, 2019 6:34:44 GMT -5 justinate said:

Jan 25, 2019 8:54:03 GMT -5 TheGuyFromBrazil said:

POOR SANTI... when he does that sad puppy face, my heart dies a little lol

I gotta say though, Michael has been quite selfish throughout this whole thing with Santiago’s dad... I mean... I get that it must be frustrating for him, but coming out is just so much bigger than that. It’s a milestone to anyone in the LGBTQ community, and you shouldn’t do it if you’re not ready yet.

I completely agree: Giovanni Dopico has very soulful eyes. It's hard to imagine anyone would want to be mean to his Santiago, much less his own dad. Do we know where Santi's mother is - and does he have any siblings? Like Michael seems to be the only child of a single mum. It's one heck of a coincidence if Santi is also the only child of a single parent. I could see the dad kicking him out because he doesn't want Santi to lead his younger brother(s) astray, but there's no such information so far in the subtitled clips.

I'm not against gay characters being portrayed as flawed, so I'm okay with Michael being unsympathetic to Santi's plight. Michael has always been a drama queen, so to be all "me, me, me" is consistent with his characterization. It's not like their entire relationship is playing out in the closet; everyone else seems to know and they're together in public, it's only Santi's dad who Santi doesn't want to tell - and with good reason; now he's been kicked out of his home. Relationships are about compromise; if this is one compromise Michael can't accommodate, then he should just break up with Santi, instead of leaving him to be kicked out of his home and tortured by a homophobic soccer coach.

Santi is such a sweet and kind boy... it so easy to root (and fall) for him.

I don’t think Santi has ever mentioned siblings. He has mentioned his mom once though, but it doesn’t seem like she’s much of presence in his life. His dad has always been the one mentions as his main influence, so I guess that’s why they’re focusing on him. I have to say that I actually like the way they are not portraying his had a the one-dimensional homophobic jerk. From their scenes together, you could definitely see his dad is hurt by the whole thing and is battling a big monster inside of him... he’s not in peace with his actions at all. Not to say that what he did to his own son isn’t terrible, but you could see his actions coming from a lot of different places rather than just being a stereotypical homophobe. It’s easy to see from his tears that loves his son and will come around once he has proper time to deconstruct that wall built by many years of institutionalized homophobia that has been around him his whole life.

I also agree with you about Michael. He has many qualities and flaws and that’s great actually. For the longest time, telenovelas here would only feature characters like Michael (the effeminate gay man) as the comic relief... they would have no deph whatsoever as well as being treated as “asexual” beings (as there would never be any love interests for their characters). That has been slowly changing in the past 15 years, and I think Michael is a great step forward. I wasn't criticizing him for being flawed. As you mentioned, his actions have been pretty consistent to his character’s development throughout the story. I was just pointing out how the “pressure” to come out can be detrimental... in Santi’s case it definitely was.

[kevvoi]

Parts 44 and 45 now have subtitles.