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Belmonte (2013)

Belmonte poster
Genre
telenovela
Country
Portugal
Length
1 season, 259 episodes
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy family with several sons faces conflicts over inheritance and love. The story follows their personal struggles and romantic entanglements set in the Portuguese countryside.

dramaticromanticsoapyintenseemotionalfamily-centeredmelodramaticslow-burn

What happens

Belmonte is a Portuguese telenovela broadcast and produced by TVI. It was written by Artur Ribeiro and adapted from the Chilean telenovela Hijos del Monte. The telenovela premiered on September 22, 2013 and its last episode aired on September 5, 2014, totaling a number of 259 episodes. It was broadcast in the primetime at 9pm (UTC) and then switched to the 11pm (UTC) slot. Some of the first scenes were filmed in Brazil, but the telenovela was mainly filmed in Portugal, in the region of Alentejo. It is the fifth Portuguese telenovela (the third from TVI) nominated for Best telenovela in the 2014 Emmy International. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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