# 1986 (2018)

> A Portuguese dramatic comedy that follows high school students, parents and teachers through the 1986 presidential election dispute between Freitas do Amaral and Mário Soares.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/64342

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 13
- Episode runtime: 40 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, drama
- Created by: Nuno Markl
- Network: RTP1
- Cast: Miguel Moura e Silva, Laura Dutra, Eva Fisahn, Henrique Gil, Mafalda Santos, Tiago Garrinhas, Simon Frankel, Joana Flora
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7156402/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: nostalgic, wry, warm, playful, bittersweet

## Synopsis

1986 (2018) is a Portuguese dramatic comedy series created by Nuno Markl for RTP1. Told from the point of view of high school students, their parents and their teachers, the single-season run of thirteen roughly forty-minute episodes follows ordinary lives caught up in one of the most striking moments of Portuguese democracy, the presidential elections and the bitter dispute between Freitas do Amaral and Mário Soares. Miguel Moura e Silva plays Tiago, a teenager whose world is shaped by the campaign, while Laura Dutra plays Marta and Eva Fisahn plays Patrícia, classmates and friends whose hopes and rivalries play out in school corridors and family kitchens. Henrique Gil, Mafalda Santos and Simon Frankel fill out the households and classrooms, with Frankel's Professor Zé as a teacher drawn into the debate. The engine of the series is the friction between youthful idealism and adult compromise, as each episode moves between the schoolyard and the living room. Its tone is warm, wry and nostalgic, with political stakes handled through humor and tenderness. Fans of The Wonder Years and Years and Years will find resonance in its blend of coming of age memory and national history.

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