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A Escrava Isaura (2004)

A Escrava Isaura poster
Genre
telenovela
Country
Brazil
Length
1 season, 167 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 193 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A slave named Isaura is caught in the obsessive desires of her master. The story is set on a coffee plantation in 19th century Brazil. It follows her struggle with captivity and the owner's relentless pursuit.

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What happens

A Escrava Isaura (The Slave Isaura) is a 2004 Brazilian telenovela based on A Escrava Isaura, an 1875 abolitionist romance novel by Bernardo Guimarães. The series tells the story of a coffee-plantation owner's passion for one of his slaves. Herval Rossano directed both this and the 1976 version. Rede Record, run by televangelist Edir Macedo, produced this expanded remake of a serial that aired in 1976 on Rede Globo. The series drew high ratings among Brazilian viewers and was expanded from 100 to 167 episodes. It aired in Europe and the Middle East on Zone Romantica. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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