''Sob Pressão'' ( English: ''Under Pressure'') is a Brazilian

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television series created by Luiz Noronha, Cláudio Torres, Renato Fagundes and Jorge Furtado based on the 2016 film of the same name (which was inspired by the Márcio Maranhão book ''Sob Pressão: A Rotina de Guerra de Um Médico Brasileiro''). The series is a co-production of Conspiração Filmes and TV Globo, and premiered on 25 July 2017, on

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. The series follows the

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doctors and nurses of a precarious public hospital in

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(Dr. Evandro), Marjorie Estiano (Dr. Carolina) and Stepan Nercessian (Samuel) all reprised their movie roles for the television series. Production for the first season started at the beginning of March 2017. Filming began 10 April 2017.

renewed the show for a second season in May 2017, before the first one even started airing. The second season premiered on 9 October 2018. In May 2018, the series was renewed for a third season.

Plot

Inside a chaotic emergency room in Rio de Janeiro, a team of doctors are torn between their internal personal conflicts, the difficulties of the profession and the surprising dramas behind each patient's history, in a heroic attempt to save lives. A talented surgeon and a faith-driven doctor will find strength in each other to face this extremely harsh routine.

Cast

Main

as Dr. Evandro Moreira, a skeptical chief surgeon of the medical staff of a public hospital seeking healing for his sick soul * Marjorie Estiano as Dr. Carolina Almeida, a religious vascular surgeon who seeks in faith the antidote against all the misery she faces in her daily life * Bruno Garcia as Dr. Décio Guedes, a general practitioner * Stepan Nercessian as Dr. Samuel Fagundes, the hospital's director (seasons 1–2; guest ''Covid'') * Pablo Sanábio as Dr. Charles Garcia, a resident * Tatsu Carvalho as Dr. Rafael Albertini, a neurosurgeon (seasons 1–2) * Orã Figueiredo as Dr. Amir Salgado, an anesthetist (seasons 1–2) * Heloísa Jorge as Jaqueline Vaz, a nurse (seasons 1–2) * Josie Antello as Rosa, the hospital's receptionist * Alexandre David as Adalberto Santos, the hospital's watchman (seasons 1–2) * Talita Castro as Kelly Cristina Ribeiro, a nursing technique (season 1) * Fernanda Torres as Dr. Renata Veiga, a private consultant later nominated as hospital manager (season 2) * Humberto Carrão as Dr. Henrique Figueira (season 2) * Julia Shimura as Keiko Yamada, a nurse (season 2–present) * Drica Moraes as Dr. Vera Lúcia Veiga, an infectologist (season 3–present) * Marcelo Batista as Dr. Gustavo Lemos, an anesthetist (season 3, 4–present) * Jana Guinond as Simone Ramos, a nurse (season 3) * David Junior as Dr. Mauro, a neurosurgeon (''Covid''–present) * Roberta Rodrigues as Marisa, a nurse (''Covid'') * Bárbara Reis as Lívia, a nurse (season 4–present)

Recurring

* Cridemar Aquino as Paulo, a paramedic * Luís Melo as José Luiz Almeida, Carolina's father (seasons 1–2) * Ângela Rabelo as Dercília (seasons 1–2) * Natália Lage as Madalena Moreira, Evandro's deceased wife (season 1) *

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as Roberto, a state government official working at the Secretary of Health (season 2) *

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as Mother Superior Graça (season 3) * Ana Flávia Cavalcanti as Diana, a drug addict, and later Evandro's affair (season 3–present)

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2 (2018)

Season 3 (2019)

''Plantão Covid'' (2020)

Season 4 (2021)

Release

Broadcast

''Sob Pressão'' premiered on 25 July 2017 on

in Brazil. In Portugal, the series began airing on 1 December 2017 on

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acquired the broadcast rights for Ecuador and began airing the series on 4 September 2018. In Italy the series premiered on Sky Atlantic on 3 October 2018. In Argentina, the series began airing on 1 January 2019 on

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Reception

Viewership

Aired in Brazil since 25 July, in Globo's late prime time, the series attracts a high audience, reaching an average of more than 38 million viewers per episode.Globo's series ‘Under Pressure’ to air at Toronto International Film Festival
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Awards and nominations

References

External links

''Sob Pressão'' on Gshow.com
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