O Clone
Encyclopedia
O Clone is a Brazil
ian TV Series/Telenovela
that ran on the Rede Globo
Network from October 1, 2001 to June 14, 2002, airing 221 episodes.
, Brazil
; Jade (Giovanna Antonelli
), a young Muslim
girl is orphaned and has to go to Morocco
where her uncle Alí lives. The problem is that Jade was living in a country with a culture
very different from Islam
, that taught her to put her religion
aside. But once she arrives in Morocco, she must learn the way of her Islamic religion, adjust to her new way of living, and face all the punishments she will be exposed to because of her conflicting personality and actions that go against her religion.
Back in Rio
, a well-positioned family, the Ferraz, go to vacation in Morocco
. Twin
brothers Lucas and Diogo Ferraz (Murilo Benício
), along with Leônidas (Reginaldo Faria) their father, and doctor
Augusto Albieri, friend of the family and genetics scientist
visit Alí, a friend of Albieri's. There, Lucas and Jade meet for the first time, and they fall in love at first sight. Jade, knowing it's haraam
(a sin
) to love Lucas, decides to put her love first, despite her religious beliefs; also, despite knowing that she will be forced to marry a stranger, Jade makes plans to run away with Lucas, but he has problems of his own. In Rio, Diogo has an accident with his helicopter
and dies. Both Lucas and Leônidas are devastated by the news and Lucas' plans of running away with Jade get ruined. But who is most devastated with Diogo's death is Albieri, his godparent
.
He and Diogo were so close that he decided to (with a cell
of Lucas) make the very first human clone
. Deusa, a low-middle class
woman who has not been able to get pregnant, was inseminated with Lucas' clone, and gave birth to a baby, not knowing that it was a clone. Léo is born without complications, but Albieri wants to stay close to Léo and watch him grow, causing Léo to become fascinated with the doctor, leaving Deusa very angry. The story comes to present, with Jade married to Saíd (Dalton Vigh) and mother of a little child, Khadija. She lives happily with her new family and is even starting to care about Saíd. However, due to Said's insecurities a new encounter with Lucas is forced upon her to test Jade's love for him, with this encounter the old passion revives, but they're not the young lovers they once were and now they have new lives and new responsibilities. Lucas, who also is married, to Maysa (Daniela Escobar) and with a daughter, Mel (Débora Falabella
) doesn't know he had been cloned 20 years before. Albieri had kept this a secret from everybody's knowledge and is trying to make it so that Léo and Lucas never meet and thus find out the truth. The last thing Albieri knew from Léo is that he and Deusa went to the north of Brazil
, but with the return of both, Léo has become a young, handsome man, and the living image of the young Lucas whom Jade met in Morocco. The appearance of Leo in Brazil
and his later travels to Morocco
will change the life of all the characters forever.
comprising 221 episodes, of variable duration. However, when syndicated
and sold to other countries the telenovela
got the number of episodes enlarged to 250 and the duration fixed at 45 minute
s. O Clone was a big hit, being aired in several countries all around the world. It was dubbed
in several languages, with the Spanish
version airing in the United States
by Telemundo
. There are also a few differences between the Brazilian soundtrack
version and the syndicated one; some music was changed in order to make the people feel more identified, many Portuguese
songs were changed to Latin American music
when it aired to the Hispanic
s in the United States
. See Soundtrack to see the list of music featured in the telenovela. Also, the Brazilian opening features the song "Sob o Sol" by Sagrado Coração da Terra, and the syndicated opening features the same video, but the music is replaced by "Maktub" by Marcus Viana.
in Spanish
started to be recorded in Colombia
. This remake is a production of Rede Globo
and Telemundo
and it was titled El Clon
.
The part of the program dealing with Islamic customs and attitudes mixes traditions from diverse countries, rather than those of Morocco alone, and has been criticised for its inaccurate representation of these traditions, according to Barbosa. These criticisms include the portrayal of polygamy
as commonly accepted in Morocco, women as rarely working outside the home or pursuing an advanced education, and women having only unimportant roles within the family. Critics making these judgments included sheik Abdelmalek Cherkaoui Ghazouani, the Moroccan ambassador
to Brazil, who considered the high profile of these representations to merit his posting his criticisms directly on his embassy's website as part of a bulletin board
.
In addition to sources from the print media, Barbosa presents several messages from online forums that she analyzed for her study.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian TV Series/Telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
that ran on the 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...
Network from October 1, 2001 to June 14, 2002, airing 221 episodes.
Plot
In the early 1980s, Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
; Jade (Giovanna Antonelli
Giovanna Antonelli
Giovanna Antonelli Prado is a Brazilian actress, television presenter and producer.-Early life:Antonelli was born on March 18, 1976, in Rio de Janeiro. She is the daughter of Ilton Prada and dancer Suelly Antonelli. She also has one older brother, Leonard.Giovanna started her career when she was 14...
), a young Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
girl is orphaned and has to go to Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
where her uncle Alí lives. The problem is that Jade was living in a country with a culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
very different from Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
, that taught her to put her religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
aside. But once she arrives in Morocco, she must learn the way of her Islamic religion, adjust to her new way of living, and face all the punishments she will be exposed to because of her conflicting personality and actions that go against her religion.
Back in Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, a well-positioned family, the Ferraz, go to vacation in Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. Twin
Twin
A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic , meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm.In contrast, a fetus...
brothers Lucas and Diogo Ferraz (Murilo Benício
Murilo Benício
Murilo Benício Ribeiro is a Brazilian actor, best known for his film roles in Woman On Top with Penélope Cruz and Amores Possíveis which won the Jury Award for Latin American Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival, and his television roles in O Clone and América.- Career :Benicio's television roles...
), along with Leônidas (Reginaldo Faria) their father, and doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
Augusto Albieri, friend of the family and genetics scientist
Geneticist
A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or...
visit Alí, a friend of Albieri's. There, Lucas and Jade meet for the first time, and they fall in love at first sight. Jade, knowing it's haraam
Haraam
Haraam is an Arabic term meaning "forbidden", or "sacred". In Islam it is used to refer to anything that is prohibited by the word of Allah in the Qur'an or the Hadith Qudsi. Haraam is the highest status of prohibition given to anything that would result in sin when a Muslim commits it...
(a sin
Sin
In religion, sin is the violation or deviation of an eternal divine law or standard. The term sin may also refer to the state of having committed such a violation. Christians believe the moral code of conduct is decreed by God In religion, sin (also called peccancy) is the violation or deviation...
) to love Lucas, decides to put her love first, despite her religious beliefs; also, despite knowing that she will be forced to marry a stranger, Jade makes plans to run away with Lucas, but he has problems of his own. In Rio, Diogo has an accident with his helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
and dies. Both Lucas and Leônidas are devastated by the news and Lucas' plans of running away with Jade get ruined. But who is most devastated with Diogo's death is Albieri, his godparent
Godparent
A godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a child's baptism. A male godparent is a godfather, and a female godparent is a godmother...
.
He and Diogo were so close that he decided to (with a cell
Cell (biology)
The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and is often called the building block of life. The Alberts text discusses how the "cellular building blocks" move to shape developing embryos....
of Lucas) make the very first human clone
Human cloning
Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human. It does not usually refer to monozygotic multiple births nor the reproduction of human cells or tissue. The ethics of cloning is an extremely controversial issue...
. Deusa, a low-middle class
Lower middle class
In developed nations across the world, the lower middle class is a sub-division of the greater middle class. Universally the term refers to the group of middle class households or individuals who have not attained the status of the upper middle class associated with the higher realms of the middle...
woman who has not been able to get pregnant, was inseminated with Lucas' clone, and gave birth to a baby, not knowing that it was a clone. Léo is born without complications, but Albieri wants to stay close to Léo and watch him grow, causing Léo to become fascinated with the doctor, leaving Deusa very angry. The story comes to present, with Jade married to Saíd (Dalton Vigh) and mother of a little child, Khadija. She lives happily with her new family and is even starting to care about Saíd. However, due to Said's insecurities a new encounter with Lucas is forced upon her to test Jade's love for him, with this encounter the old passion revives, but they're not the young lovers they once were and now they have new lives and new responsibilities. Lucas, who also is married, to Maysa (Daniela Escobar) and with a daughter, Mel (Débora Falabella
Débora Falabella
Débora Lima Falabella is an Italo-Brazilian actress.Falabella started acting in 1998 on Rede Globo's teen telenovela Malhação, as Antônia. She's also appeared in other Rede Globo telenovelas like Um Anjo Caiu do Céu, O Clone and Senhora do Destino...
) doesn't know he had been cloned 20 years before. Albieri had kept this a secret from everybody's knowledge and is trying to make it so that Léo and Lucas never meet and thus find out the truth. The last thing Albieri knew from Léo is that he and Deusa went to the north of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, but with the return of both, Léo has become a young, handsome man, and the living image of the young Lucas whom Jade met in Morocco. The appearance of Leo in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and his later travels to Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
will change the life of all the characters forever.
Syndication
O Clone aired in BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
comprising 221 episodes, of variable duration. However, when syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
and sold to other countries the telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
got the number of episodes enlarged to 250 and the duration fixed at 45 minute
Minute
A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units...
s. O Clone was a big hit, being aired in several countries all around the world. It was dubbed
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...
in several languages, with the Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
version airing in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
. There are also a few differences between the Brazilian soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
version and the syndicated one; some music was changed in order to make the people feel more identified, many Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
songs were changed to Latin American music
Latin American music
Latin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
when it aired to the Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
s in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. See Soundtrack to see the list of music featured in the telenovela. Also, the Brazilian opening features the song "Sob o Sol" by Sagrado Coração da Terra, and the syndicated opening features the same video, but the music is replaced by "Maktub" by Marcus Viana.
Remake in Spanish
In January 2010, a remakeRemake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
started to be recorded in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. This remake is a production of 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...
and Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
and it was titled El Clon
El Clon
El Clon is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the U.S.-based television network Telemundo and Rede Globo. It is a remake of O Clone, a Brazilian telenovela that originally aired on Globo in 2001 and on Telemundo in 2002...
.
Main cast
- Murilo BenícioMurilo BenícioMurilo Benício Ribeiro is a Brazilian actor, best known for his film roles in Woman On Top with Penélope Cruz and Amores Possíveis which won the Jury Award for Latin American Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival, and his television roles in O Clone and América.- Career :Benicio's television roles...
- Lucas Ferraz, Léo (The Clone) and Diogo Ferraz (twin of Lucas and dead at the age of 18) - Giovanna AntonelliGiovanna AntonelliGiovanna Antonelli Prado is a Brazilian actress, television presenter and producer.-Early life:Antonelli was born on March 18, 1976, in Rio de Janeiro. She is the daughter of Ilton Prada and dancer Suelly Antonelli. She also has one older brother, Leonard.Giovanna started her career when she was 14...
- Jade Rachid - Juca da OliveiraJuca da OliveiraJuca de Oliveira is a Brazilian actor.-Filmography:*1967 - O Caso dos Irmãos Naves*1976 - À Flor da Pele*1982 - Perdida Em Sodoma...
- Augusto Albieri - Stênio García - Ali
- Dalton Vigh - Saíd
- Daniela Escobar - Maysa Ferraz
- Eliane GiardiniEliane GiardiniEliane 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...
- Nazira - Reginaldo FariaReginaldo FariaReginaldo Faria is a Brazilian actor and film director. He has appeared in over 60 films and television shows since 1952.-Selected filmography:* Cidade Ameaçada * The ABC of Love * Pra Quem Fica, Tchau...
- Leônidas Ferraz - Vera FischerVera FischerVera Lúcia Fischer is a Brazilian actress of long-standing reputation and works in cinema and for the small screen, particularly for telenovelas. A former beauty pageant titleholder, she was crowned Miss Brazil in 1969.-Biography:...
- Yvete - Neuza Borges - Dalva
- Jandira Martini - Zoraide
- Nívea MariaNívea MariaNívea Maria Cândido Graieb is a Brazilian actress.- Biography :While working as a model, she was discovered by director Walter Avancini at age 17...
- Edna Albieri - Adriana LessaAdriana LessaAdriana Victor Lessa is an actress, singer, presenter and broadcaster in Brazil.- Biography :Before beginning his work as an actress in 1986 with the stage director Antunes Filho, Adriana was an athlete and volleyball team participated in the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and the track team in...
- Deusa da Silva - Antônio Calloni - Mohamed
- Letícia SabatellaLetícia SabatellaLetícia Sabatella is a Brazilian actress.-Television:- Cinema :-Music:-External links:...
- Latiffa Rachid - Cristiana OliveiraCristiana OliveiraCristiana Barbosa da Silva de Oliveira is a Brazilian actress.- Television :* 1989 - Kananga do Japão .... Hannah* 1990 - Pantanal .... Juma Marruá* 1991 - Amazônia .... Mila / Camille...
- Alicinha - Débora FalabellaDébora FalabellaDébora Lima Falabella is an Italo-Brazilian actress.Falabella started acting in 1998 on Rede Globo's teen telenovela Malhação, as Antônia. She's also appeared in other Rede Globo telenovelas like Um Anjo Caiu do Céu, O Clone and Senhora do Destino...
- Mel Ferraz - Marcelo NovaesMarcelo NovaesMarcello Novaes Tolentino is a Brazilian actor.He studied at the drama school Tablado, along with Malu Mader, Drica Moraes, Maurício Mattar, and Felipe Camargo...
- Xande - Luciano SzafirLuciano SzafirLuciano Lebelson Szafir is a Brazilian model and soap opera actor.-Biography:Szafir is the son of Gabriel and Betty Szafir. He has a twin sister named Priscila, an older sister named Alexandra and a younger brother named Salomão...
- Zein - Solange Couto - Dona Jura
- Cissa Guimarães - Clarisse
- Marcos Frota - Escobar
- Osmar Prado - Lobato
- Victor Fasano - Tavinho
- Beth Goulart - Lidiane Valverde
- Nívea StelmannNívea StelmannNívea Stelmann Leôncio is a Brazilian actress.- Biography :Was born and raised in the city of Paraíba do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro....
- Ranya Rachid - Raul Gazolla - Miro
- Juliana PaesJuliana PaesJuliana Couto Paes is a Brazilian actress and former playboy model. She became nationally-known in telenovelas and modelling. She also starred a local version of the musical The Producers, as Ulla.-Biography:...
- Karla - Mara ManzanMara ManzanMara Virgínia Manzan was a Brazilian actress.Mara was born in the city of São Paulo in 1952. In 1967, when she was living and studying in São Paulo, Mara visited the Teatro Oficina, and, as she used to say jokingly, never left it. She worked backstage in all sorts of activities, until one day the...
- Odete - Roberto Bomfim - Edvaldo
- Totia Meirelles - Laurinda
- Eri Johnson - Ligeiro
- Guilherme Karam - Raposão
- Thiago Fragoso - Nando
- Thaís Fersoza - Telminha
- Sérgio MaroneSérgio MaroneSérgio Passarella Marone is a Brazilian actor, born February 4, 1981, in São Paulo. He has appeared in numerous soap operas and recently posed for the Brazilian website "Paparazzo".- References :...
- Cecéu - Viviane Victorete - Regininha
- Maria JoãoMaria JoãoMaria João is a Portuguese jazz singer.She is known for her vocal flexibility and improvisational skills. While normally considered a jazz singer, her music incorporates a mix of folk/ethnic music, modern jazz, and the avant-garde...
- Amália - Myrian Rios - Anita
- Francisco Cuoco - Father Matiolli
- Murilo Grossi - Júlio
- Françoise Forton - Simone
- Thalma de Freitas - Carol
- Elizângela - Noêmia
- Perry Salles - Mustafá
- Sebastião Vasconcelos - Abdul
- Carla Diaz - Khadija Rachid
- Stephany Brito - Samira
- Thiago Oliveira - Amin
- Sílvio Guindane - Basílio
- Christiana Kalache - Aninha
- Antônio Pitanga - Tião
- Ruth de Souza - Dona Mocinha
- Léa GarciaLéa GarciaLéa Garcia is a Brazilian actress. She is known for her numerous television and film roles. Her breakout role was in the Oscar winning Black Orpheus, in which she portrayed Serafina, Eurydice's crazy cousin....
- Lola - Andressa Koetz - Soninha
- Ingra Liberato - Amina
- Jayme Periard - Rogê
- Marcelo Brou - Pitoco
- Francyele Freduzesky - Beta
- Eduardo Canuto - Gasolina
- Paula Pereira - Creuza
- Eduardo MartiniEduardo MartiniEduardo Martini , is a Brazilian professional football goalkeeper, who plays for Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo. He has previously played for Grêmio, Juventude, Avaí and Ponte Preta.-Career:...
- Cotia - Carolina Macieira - Sumaya
- Yuri Xavier - Zé Roberto
- Luã Ubacker - Duda
- Aimée Ubacker - Aimée
- Karinma El Maatovi - Karima
- Ahmed El Maatovi - Ahmed
- Michele FrancoMichele FrancoMichele Franco is an Italian professional footballer who plays defender for Padova.-Career:Grew up in Bari, from 2005 to 2008 on loan at Lega Pro to Melfi, Cremonese and Manfredonia...
- Michele - Haylton Farias Da Silva - Haylton
- Nóris Barth - Tetê
- Rosimar de Melo - Lurdes
- Fabiana Alvarez - Zuleika
- Gustavo Ottoni - Detective Ramos
- Milena Paula - Milena
Special appearances in the first part
- Walderez de Barros - Sálua
- Eloísa Mafalda - Sálua's neighbour
- Paulo BettiPaulo BettiPaulo Betti is a Brazilian stage, film and television actor. He also works occasionally as a film producer and director.-Biography:...
- Armando - Nuno Leal Maia - Jorge Luís
- Mário Lago - Dr. Molina
- Beatriz Segall - Miss Penélope Brown
- Tânia Alves - Norma
- Cássia LinharesCássia LinharesCássia Linhares is a Brazilian television actress, best known for her role Alice in Malhação and Lulu in Uga-Uga .-External links:...
- Elba - Karina BacchiKarina BacchiKarina Bacchi is a Brazilian actress, model and reality television star. Bacchi is of Italian and Black African ancestry.-Soap Operas:-Reality Television:-References:...
- Muna - João Carlos Barroso - Severino (Edvaldo's friend)
- Samara FelippoSamara FelippoSamara Felippo Santana is a Brazilian actress.- Biography :Samara was intended to become a gymnast but decided to study theater to lose our inhibitions...
- Diogo / Lucas's girlfriend - Pedro Cravo - Diogo / Lucas (child)
- Victor Coluga - Diogo / Lucas / Léo (kid)
Special appearances in second part
- Silvia Pfeiffer - Cinira
- Fábio Junqueira - Chuvas
- Alessandro SafinaAlessandro SafinaAlessandro Safina is an Italian operatic tenor.Born in Siena, Italy, Safina's love of opera was encouraged early in life by his mother encouraged his eagerness. His father was also a singer....
- (as himself) - Sérgio Mamberti - Dr. Vilela
- Joana Fomm - Dr. Cecília
- Tácito Rocha - judge
- Jonas Bloch - lawyer in the Tavinho and Karla case
- Roberto Pirillo - lawyer in the Tavinho and Karla case
- Carla Regina - Dora (Xande's girlfriend)
- Luiz Nicolau - drug dealer
- Gustavo Moraes - Clarice's young boyfriend
- Clemente Viscaíno - Mel's doctor
- Tadeu Di Prieto - Mel's doctor
Special appearances in last episodes
- Tony Ramos - Maysa's new boyfriend
- Humberto Martins - Aurélio (ex de Alicinha)
- Danielle WinitsDanielle WinitsDanielle Winits, the stage name of Danielle Winitskowski de Azevedo, is a Brazilian actress, dancer, and singer. She has appeared as a regular in several Brazilian TV series and also played the Velma Kelly character in a Brazilian adaptation of the musical Chicago...
- Shirley (Escobar's new girlfriend) - Henrique Pagnocellis - José Victor (Alicinha's new boss)
- Cynthia FalabellaCynthia FalabellaCynthia Lima Falabella is a Brazilian actress. Daughter of actor Rogério Falabella and singer Maria Olympia, she is the sister of actress Débora Falabella.- Biography :...
- Monique (Lobato's daughter) * - Caio Junqueira - Pedrinho (Lobato's son)
- PeléPeléHowever, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
(Édson Arantes do Nascimento)- As himself * - Michael Bolton- As himself (Singing in Nefertiti)
The replacement of Débora Falabella
- Cynthia FalabellaCynthia FalabellaCynthia Lima Falabella is a Brazilian actress. Daughter of actor Rogério Falabella and singer Maria Olympia, she is the sister of actress Débora Falabella.- Biography :...
is a sister of Débora FalabellaDébora FalabellaDébora Lima Falabella is an Italo-Brazilian actress.Falabella started acting in 1998 on Rede Globo's teen telenovela Malhação, as Antônia. She's also appeared in other Rede Globo telenovelas like Um Anjo Caiu do Céu, O Clone and Senhora do Destino...
(the actress who plays Mel). In earlier episodes, Débora got sick and Cynthia replaced her.
Portrayal of Muslims
While the program's attention to issues of drug addiction won its creator an award, the portrayal of Arab-Muslim cultures within the program has brought a critical response from different Arab-Muslim sources, according to a 2005 doctoral dissertation written about the program by Elizabeth Barbosa.The part of the program dealing with Islamic customs and attitudes mixes traditions from diverse countries, rather than those of Morocco alone, and has been criticised for its inaccurate representation of these traditions, according to Barbosa. These criticisms include the portrayal of polygamy
Polygamy
Polygamy is a marriage which includes more than two partners...
as commonly accepted in Morocco, women as rarely working outside the home or pursuing an advanced education, and women having only unimportant roles within the family. Critics making these judgments included sheik Abdelmalek Cherkaoui Ghazouani, the Moroccan ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
to Brazil, who considered the high profile of these representations to merit his posting his criticisms directly on his embassy's website as part of a bulletin board
Bulletin board
A bulletin board is a surface intended for the posting of public messages, for example, to advertise things to buy or sell, announce events, or provide information...
.
In addition to sources from the print media, Barbosa presents several messages from online forums that she analyzed for her study.