Season 2 • Episode 37
LatestThe whole story develops from the doctor Martha, who has worked for 40 years, always at the same clinic in Rio de Janeiro. She knows Cris and realizes that she has found a successor. Then begins the friendship of the two, who try to practice their profession with the utmost ethics, despite the owner of the clinic, who is always trying to say, save.
Acting
Eva Wilma's 40-year career culminates in layered, unsentimental gravitas.
Writing
Rare medical drama where bureaucracy and ethics matter more than emergencies.
Production
Specific Rio clinic world—claustrophobic, humid, lived-in.
Creators
Boni, Antônio Calmon, Daniel Filho, Elizabeth Jhin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Premiered on Brazil's Globo network during peak telenovela era, but broke format as hour-long drama—rare prestige TV experiment for 1998.
Eva Wilma reportedly delayed retirement to play Marta, calling it her most complete role; she and Patricia Pillar developed off-screen mentorship mirroring their characters.
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