Season 1 • Episode 215
LatestA Padroeira was a Brazilian soap opera produced and displayed at the time of 18 hours by Rede Globo, between June 18, 2001 and February 23, 2002, and presented in 215 chapters. It was written by Walcyr Carrasco collaboration with Duca Rachid and directed by Walter Avancini, and had Deborah Secco, Luigi Baricelli, Elizabeth Savalla and Maurício Mattar in leading roles.
Production
Massive colonial-era sets that ate the budget.
Acting
Deborah Secco's star-making nun performance.
Creator
Walcyr Carrasco
Deborah Secco
Cecília de Sá
Luigi Baricelli
Valentim Coimbra
Maurício Mattar
Dom Fernão de Avelar
Patrícia França
Blanca de Sevilla
Mariana Ximenes
Izabel de Avelar
Rodrigo Faro
Faustino Pereira
Murilo Rosa
Diogo Soares Cabral
Elizabeth Savalla
Maria Imaculada de Avelar (Imaculada)
Luís Melo
Santiago / Padre Molina
Susana Vieira
Dorotéia Lopes (Dodô)
Otávio Augusto
Manuel Cintra (Sr. Poeta)
Paulo Goulart
Dom Lourenço de Sá
Bianca Byington
Gertudes de Sá
Laura Cardoso
Silvana Alves da Rocha Martins Correia
Lu Grimaldi
Joaquina Soares Cabral
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This cemented Deborah Secco as Brazil's ultimate it-girl and proved historical telenovelas could dominate prime time.
Walcyr Carrasco wrote it during Globo's golden era of 18h novelas—A Padroeira was his trial run for the even bigger hits that followed.
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