O Primeiro Amor 1972

Overview

O Primeiro Amor is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo that premiered on 24 January 1972 and ended on 20 October 1972. The story follows Professor Luciano Lima, a widower who arrives in the fictional town of Nova Esperança to take over as principal of a school. To take care of his four children, named Júnior, Babi, Zizi, and Rui, he hires a governess named Paula. The professor and the governess fall in love, but their romance faces strong resistance from the children, especially the most rebellious of the four, Babi. In addition to his romantic complications, Luciano encounters difficulties at the school itself. His former girlfriend, an English teacher named Maria do Carmo, does everything she can to steal his position as principal. Meanwhile, a group of maladjusted and rebellious students is also part of the community in Nova Esperança during the course of the broadcast.