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A Lei e o Crime (2009)

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Genre
drama fiction
Country
Brazil
Length
1 season, 21 episodes
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A low-class worker becomes a drug dealer. A noble-blood woman becomes a police captain seeking justice and revenge for her father's death. Their paths cross in a story about crime and law.

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What happens

A Lei e o Crime (Portuguese for The Law and the Crime) is a Brazilian serial dramatic television series, created by Marcílio Moraes, produced and broadcast by Rede Record, which premiered on January 9, 2009. The series revolves around a low-class worker turned into drugdealer and a noble-blood woman turned into a police captain, who seeks for justice and revenge of her father's death. It is directed by Alexandre Avancini and written by Marcílio Moraes, Joaquim Assis, René Belmonte, Leonardo Gudel, Sylvia Palma, Eduardo Quental and Irene Bosísio. Since its premiere, A Lei e o Crime has achieved unexpectedly high audience ratings, with a 20-point average in São Paulo, and constantly leading the ratings in Rio de Janeiro, taking off rival Rede Globo's usual number-one spot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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