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''Assédio'' (English: ''Harassment'') is a Brazilian
drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
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series produced by
Rede Globo TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965 ...
in association with O2 Filmes that premiered on the streaming service
Globoplay Globoplay is a Brazilian subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Grupo Globo. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by Estúdios Globo with the service also hosting content from ot ...
on September 21, 2018. Based on the book ''“A Clínica – A Farsa e os Crimes de Roger Abdelmassih”'' by Vicente Vilardaga about the former Brazilian physician
Roger Abdelmassih Roger Abdelmassih (born 3 October 1943) is a Brazilian former physician, an expert on human reproduction, and one of the pioneers of in-vitro fertilization in Brazil. In early 2009 he was accused of sexually abusing sedated patients. Abdelmassi ...
. The series is written by Maria Camargo and directed by Amora Mautner.


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Dr. Roger Sadala is a famous and popular physician, specializing in artificial insemination. A professional above any suspicion, responsible for the birth of thousands of babies. Dozens of women enter his clinic with the dream of becoming mothers, but during the procedure they are drugged and raped by the doctor. Later it is also discovered that in addition to sexual crimes, the physician uses a somewhat unorthodox method in his reproductive processes. Discovering the various cases, numerous women unite by pain and decide to join forces to denounce the doctor and put him to prison.


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