Capitu is the name of the main female character of the novel by Machado de Assis, Dom Casmurro. She is the object of Bentinho's (Dom Casmurro) obsession. The novel forces the reader to decide if Capitu cheats or not on Bentinho, due to the dubious interpretation of reality by the protagonist, Bentinho, who is blinded by jealousy. It was also the name of the Brazil

Brazil

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ian television series written by Euclydes Marinho and presented by Rede Globo

Rede Globo

Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...

 between 8 December and 13 December 2008. The production was a homage to the centennial anniversary of the death of Brazilian writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 Machado de Assis, author of Dom Casmurro

Dom Casmurro

Dom Casmurro, written by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, was first published in Brazil in 1899. Like The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas and Quincas Borba, both by Machado de Assis, it is a masterpiece of realist literature. It is written as a fictional memoir by a distrusting, jealous husband...

, the romance

Romance (genre)

As a literary genre of high culture, romance or chivalric romance is a style of heroic prose and verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a knight errant portrayed as...

 on which the miniseries

Miniseries

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 was based.

Cast

• Maria Fernanda Cândido - Capitu
• Michel Melamed - Bentinho
• Eliane Giardini
  Eliane Giardini
  Eliane Giardini is a Brazilian actress. Although she didn't achieve much fame until her 40th birthday, she is now considered one of the best and most beautiful Brazilian actresses...
  
   - Dona Glória
• Izabella Bicalho - Dona Fortunata
• Bellatrix Serra - Sancha Gurgel
• Pierre Baitelli - Escobar
• César Cardadeiro - Bentinho (youth)
• Letícia Persiles - Capitu (youth)
• Antônio Karnewale - José Dias
• Charles Fricks - Mr. Pádua
• Alan Scarpari - Ezequiel
• Rita Elmor - Couzin Justina
• Sandro Christopher - Uncle Cosme/Marcolini
• Thelmo Fernandes - Mr. Gurgel
• Emílio Pitta - Priest Cabral
• Jacy Marques - Slave
• Gabriela Luiz - Slave

Special Guests

• Paulo José
  Paulo José
  Paulo José Gómez de Sousa is a Brazilian television and film actor, director and narrator.-TV work:*2009 - Caminho das Índias - Profeta Gentileza*2006 - JK*2004 - O Pequeno Alquimista...
  
   - Parish's Vicar
• Eduardo Pires - Young Poet
• Alby Ramos - Manduca's father