Totalmente Demais (English title: Total Dreamer) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo, from 9 November 2015 to 30 May 2016.
[1] Loosely based on the 1913 play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, Totalmente Demais is written by Rosane Svartman and Paulo Halm, with Mário Viana, Claudia Sardinha, Fabrício Santiago and Felipe Cabral as co-writers.
[13][14] In April 2016, Marina Ruy Barbosa, Fábio Assunção, Juliana Paes and Daniel Rocha filmed scenes in Uruguay, in the cities of Punta del Este and Montevideo.
[15] One of the prominent themes in the story was the inclusion of Funk carioca but due to the repetition of the subject in other telenovelas, it was drastically reduced to avoid thematic clichés.
[26][18] The telenovela had special appearance of Stênio Garcia as a truck driver Bino that aids Eliza (Marina Ruy Barbosa), leading her to Rio de Janeiro.
[19] André Arteche was formerly to play the photographer Fábio, but Daniel Rocha portrayed it instead but as Rafael, a character inspired by the French poet, Arthur Rimbaud.
[20] Sophia Abrahão auditioned for the role of the journalist Leila, but on realizing that she might not be among the protagonists, she turned down the offer and decided to dedicate her attention on her singing career.
[21] Eliza is a young 18 year old who runs away from her house in Campo Claro, a fictitious city of the carioca interior, after being harassed by her stepfather Dino.
She is in turn employed in a company, where she will suffer persecutions from Carolina, a ruthless editor relaunching a style magazine who is extremely ambitious and in love with Arthur.
On the other hand, there is Cassandra, who would do anything to become a successful model, and become rich, she allies with Carolina whose mission is to sabotage Arthur and Eliza's relationship.
[167][168][169] On the penultimate episode, the show obtained 30.8 points in Greater São Paulo, highest viewership rating since Morde & Assopra (2011).
[157] Also, for the first time in Globo’s history, a telenovela's final episode was broadcast on a Monday instead of the network’s traditional Friday release.