Season 1 • Episode 143
LatestLaerte’s obsessive jealousy brings his relationship with Helena to an end on their wedding day. Twenty years later, he meets Luiza, the daughter of his long lost love. The two fall in love and stir up dormant feelings that profoundly affect Helena’s marriage and her relationship with her daughter. Defying everyone, Laerte and Luiza decide to follow their love to the highest bounds, leaving a trail of conflicts and pain along the way.
Acting
Júlia Lemmertz's maternal anguish hits devastating notes.
Writing
Manoel Carlos crafts impossibly tangled moral labyrinths.
Production
Glossy telenovela polish meets intimate family drama.
Creator
Manoel Carlos
Júlia Lemmertz
Helena Proença Fernandes Machado (Leninha)
Gabriel Braga Nunes
Laerte Proença Fernandes
Bruna Marquezine
Luiza Proença Fernandes Machado
Humberto Martins
Virgílio Machado
Vivianne Pasmanter
Shirley Soares
Giovanna Antonelli
Clara Proença Fernandes
Tainá Müller
Marina Meirelles
Helena Ranaldi
Verônica Saldanha
Reynaldo Gianecchini
Carlos Eduardo Cunha (Cadu)
Leonardo Medeiros
Fernando de Castro (Nando)
Vanessa Gerbelli
Juliana Proença Fernandes de Castro
Ana Beatriz Nogueira
Selma Proença Fernandes
Marcelo Mello Jr.
Jairo da Silva
Natália do Vale
Francisca Proença Fernandes Muniz (Chica)
Ângela Vieira
Branca Dutra Noronha Muniz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bruna Marquezine was only 19 during filming, making the 24-year age gap with Gabriel Braga Nunes uncomfortably authentic.
Manoel Carlos pioneered the 'novela das seis' format—prime-time soaps tackling social issues through melodrama, cementing Globo's dominance in Brazilian television.
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