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. It was written by Artur Ribeiro. The telenovela premiered on December 4, 2017 and ended on November 18, 2018. It is recorded between
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Alcácer do Sal
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Plot
The story of João and Margarida happens between Macao and Portugal. The young lovers were separated when they were teenagers and they find each other in Macao after many years. João has changed his life and he is now a rich mafia casino boss that, after the encounter with Margarida, decides to return to Portugal to reconquer her. Once at his native land, João finds himself in the midst of an ancestral setting in a region that is experiencing a conflict between urbanity, rurality and luxury tourism of the coast where the cohabitation is not always peaceful. However, all these conflicts will be eclipsed by a greater threat when Manuel Qiang, João's former boss in Macao, after losing the war with a rival triad, returns to Portugal determined to conquer a new business empire using unscrupulous illegal methods.
Cast
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João Catarré
João Ricardo Rosa Catarré (born 5 August 1980) is a Portugal, Portuguese actor and Model (profession), model. He has been a constant presence on Portuguese TV screens since 2003.
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- ''João Guerra'' (Protagonist)
* Sara Prata - ''Margarida Barbosa'' (Protagonist)
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Diogo Infante
Diogo Nuno Infante de Lacerda (born 28 May 1967 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese theatre, cinema and television actor and television presenter. He is the natural son of Maria Infante de Lacerda by an Englishman named Jonathan and maternal grandson of ...
- ''Manuel Qiang'' (Antagonist)
* Fernanda Serrano - ''Maria João Barbosa'' (Protagonist)
* Afonso Pimentel - ''Rodrigo Sousa''
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Alba Baptista
Alba Baptista (born 10 July 1997) is a Portuguese actress. She began her career in her native Portugal with the series ''Jardins Proibidos'' (2014–2015). She then starred in multiple Portuguese series and films such as ''A Impostora'', ' ...
- ''Leonor Neves''
* Ana Lopes Gomes - ''Sónia Mateus''
* Ana Varela - ''Diana Barbosa''
* Anna Eremin - ''Cátia Sobral'' (Susanna's love interest)
* António Melo - ''Francisco «Ti Chico»''
* Bárbara Branco - ''Sandra Duque''
* Diana Costa e Silva - ''Laura Barbosa Guerreiro''
* Duarte Gomes - ''Diogo Guerra''
* Fernando Pires - ''Miguel Cássio''
* Filipe Matos - ''Fernando Alves «Freddy»''
* Graciano Dias - ''Tiago Venâncio''
* Jani Zhao - Susana Wang
* João Brás - ''Joaquim Sequeira''
* João de Brito - ''Sérgio Sarabando''
* João Lagarto - ''Teodoro Guerra''
* Liliana Brandão - ''Sílvia Cunha''
* Luís Esparteiro - ''Vítor Duque''
* Luís Ganito - Renato Nunes
* Luís Nascimento - ''Zhu''
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Manuela Couto - ''Clara Neves''
* Maria Emília Correia - ''Rosa Trindade''
* Maria Hasse - ''Patrícia Dias''
* Nuno Homem de Sá - ''Afonso Barbosa''
* Paula Neves - ''Marta Monteiro''
* Pompeu José - ''Telmo Carrapatoso''
* Rodrigo Tomás - ''Alexandre Guerra''
* Rui Mendes - ''Padre Sousa''
* Sabri Lucas - ''Óscar Mourão''
* Sandra Faleiro - ''Amália Reis''
* Sandra Santos - ''Emília Venâncio''
* Sara Barradas - ''Gabriela Nunes''
* Sérgio Praia - ''Luís Humberto''
* Sofia Arruda - ''Teresa Santos''
* Sofia Grillo - ''Helena Duque''
* Tiago Felizardo - ''Rafael Borges''
* Vitor D’Andrade - ''Tomás Vaz Melo''
Reception
On January 9, 2018, an episode showed actresses Jani Zhao and Anna Eremin having a steamy lesbian sex affair. The broadcaster received a lot of praise and the scene was applauded by many viewers.
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 7535772
2017 telenovelas
2017 Portuguese television series debuts
2018 Portuguese television series endings
Televisão Independente telenovelas
Portuguese-language telenovelas
Lesbian-related television shows
2010s LGBTQ-related television series