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Paixões Proibidas (2006)

Paixões Proibidas poster
Genre
telenovela
Country
Brazil, Portugal
Length
1 season, 139 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a period telenovela set in 19th century Portugal and Brazil. It follows several characters whose love lives are entangled with secrets and betrayals rooted in the past.

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What happens

Paixões Proibidas (Forbidden Passions) is a Brazilian-Portuguese period telenovela co-produced by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação (Brazil) and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (Portugal). It aired on Rede Bandeirantes in Brazil from 14 November 2006 to 8 June 2007, lasting 139 episodes, replacing the Mandacaru rerun and being replaced by Dance Dance Dance, while in Portugal its first airing was on 8 January 2007 on RTP1. Based on three works by Camilo Castelo Branco (Doomed Love, Mistérios de Lisboa and Livro Negro do Padre Dinis), it was adapted by Brazilian writer Aimar Labaki, with collaboration from Fabio Brandi Torres and Mário Viana, directed by Del Rangel, Marcus Coqueiro, Sacha and Virgílio Castelo and general direction from Ignácio Coqueiro and Del Rangel. The series featured Miguel Thiré, Anna Sophia Folch, Julianne Trevisol, Marcos Breda, Felipe Camargo, Maria Carolina Ribeiro, São José Correia and Suzy Rêgo in the main roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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