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América (2005)

América poster
Directed by
Jayme Monjardim
Genre
telenovela, LGBT-related television series
Country
Brazil
Length
1 season, 203 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Brazilian woman tries to build a new life as an illegal immigrant in the United States. The story also follows the people she left behind in her small hometown in Brazil.

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What happens

América is a Brazilian telenovela that aired on TV Globo from 14 March to 4 November 2005. It was written by Glória Perez and directed by Jayme Monjardim and Marcos Schechtman. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States of America and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil. It stars Deborah Secco and Murilo Benício. In the United States, Telemundo aired a Spanish-dubbed version of América in 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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