Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestAccused of murdering a millionaire, a man manages to escape. Finding help along the way, he starts a struggle to prove his innocence.
Acting
Fábio Assunção's desperate everyman energy is electric.
Writing
Gilberto Braga's tight plotting never lets you breathe.
Production
Gritty Rio locations that feel like another character.
Creator
Gilberto Braga
Fábio Assunção
André Meireles
Malu Mader
Paula Lee
Antônio Fagundes
Ricardo Velasco
Betty Faria
Leonor Martins Fraga
Marcelo Serrado
Otacílio Martins Fraga Júnior
Luana Piovani
Virgínia Camargo
Guilherme Leme
Horácio Meireles
Deborah Evelyn
Cibele de Almeida Meireles
Nicette Bruno
Edite dos Santos Almeida
Paulo José
Otacílio Martins Fraga
José Lewgoy
Dr. Mateus de Toledo Galhardo
Isabela Garcia
Yoyô (Yolanda)
Daniel Dantas
Urbano Fonseca
Helena Fernandes
Letícia
Tetê Medina
Zuleica
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Rede Globo's bold attempt to merge telenovela pacing with crime thriller structure — rare for Brazilian TV in the 90s.
Fábio Assunção performed many of his own stunts during the escape sequences, earning a reputation as the network's most committed leading man.
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