Poder Paralelo
Encyclopedia
Poder Paralelo is a Brazil
ian telenovela
produced by Rede Record
and set to premiere on April 13, 2009. Written by Lauro César Muniz and directed by Ignácio Coqueiro, it will portray a corruption scheme involving an Italian-Brazilian family. Prior to Record's official announcement, the media was referring to the telenovela by its working title Vendetta .
. He maintains the image of a merchant exporter, but is actually the leader of the Sicilian
drug
mafia
. After an attack aimed at him kills his wife Marina and their twin daughters, Tony returns to São Paulo
seeking revenge, at the same time he is investigated by the uncorruptible federal police officer Teolônio "Téo" Meira .
According to Muniz, Téo is based on the federal police officer Protógenes Queiroz
, responsible for the investigation and arrest of banker Daniel Dantas
, accused of money laundering
and convicted for attempting to bribe a federal police officer .
, remained untouched.
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 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"...
produced by Rede Record
Rede Record
Rede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...
and set to premiere on April 13, 2009. Written by Lauro César Muniz and directed by Ignácio Coqueiro, it will portray a corruption scheme involving an Italian-Brazilian family. Prior to Record's official announcement, the media was referring to the telenovela by its working title Vendetta .
Plot
The telenovela focuses on Tony Castellamare, a Brazilian citizen of Italian origin living in PalermoPalermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
. He maintains the image of a merchant exporter, but is actually the leader of the Sicilian
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
drug
Narcotic
The term narcotic originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with any sleep-inducing properties. In the United States of America it has since become associated with opioids, commonly morphine and heroin and their derivatives, such as hydrocodone. The term is, today, imprecisely...
mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
. After an attack aimed at him kills his wife Marina and their twin daughters, Tony returns to São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
seeking revenge, at the same time he is investigated by the uncorruptible federal police officer Teolônio "Téo" Meira .
Inspiration
Poder Paralelo is based on Honra ou Vendetta, the only novel by sports journalist and cuisine author Sílvio Lancelotti, originally published in 2001 . The plot, however, had to be readapted, since the book contained only five major female characters.According to Muniz, Téo is based on the federal police officer Protógenes Queiroz
Protógenes Queiroz
Protógenes Pinheiro Queiroz is a Brazilian Federal Police officer who has led investigations in some of the country's most high profile corruption cases. Queiroz was responsible for investigations leading to imprisonment of the former mayor of São Paulo, Paulo Maluf...
, responsible for the investigation and arrest of banker Daniel Dantas
Daniel Dantas
Daniel Valente Dantas is a Brazilian banker and financier, founder of Opportunity Asset Management in 1994. Opportunity Group lead an international private sector partnership that bought up a large chunk of the Brazilian telecoms sector in 1997, when this sector was privatized...
, accused of money laundering
Money laundering
Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...
and convicted for attempting to bribe a federal police officer .
Editing controversy
The head of Rede Record vetoed Muniz from writing scenes featuring thighs, breasts, buttocks and coarse language. This caused a controversy in Brazil, as well as accusations of hipocrisy from the head of the network, once violent scenes, featuring as even as tortureTorture
Torture is the act of inflicting severe pain as a means of punishment, revenge, forcing information or a confession, or simply as an act of cruelty. Throughout history, torture has often been used as a method of political re-education, interrogation, punishment, and coercion...
, remained untouched.
Main cast
- Gabriel Braga NunesGabriel Braga NunesGabriel Braga Nunes is a Brazilian actor, best known for his work in telenovelas, especially Essas Mulheres, Cidadão Brasileiro, Caminhos do Coração and Poder Paralelo. He currently stars in Insensato Coração for TV Globo.-Career:-External links:*Gabriel Braga Nunes Portuguese Wikipedia...
- Tony Castellamare - Tuca Andrada - Telônio "Téo" Meira
- Paloma Duarte - Fernanda Lira
- Marcelo SerradoMarcelo SerradoMarcelo Magalhães Serrado is a Brazilian actor.- Television :- Film :...
- Bruno Vilar - Petrônio GontijoPetrônio GontijoPetrônio Gontijo is a Brazilian actor. He studied Scenic Arts at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas.-Work in TV:*1991 Salomé - Duda *1993 Olho no Olho - Marco Antônio...
- Rudi Castellamare - Miriam Freeland - Lígia Brandini
- Adriana Garambone - Maura Vilar
- Gracindo Júnior - Don Caló Castellamare
- Lu Grimaldi - Mamma Freda Castellamare
- Karen Junqueira - Giana "Gigi" Castellamare
- Paulo Gorgulho - José Santana
- Maria RibeiroMaria RibeiroMaria do Amaral Ribeiro is a Brazilian actress.- Biography :He worked in soap operas such as A Escrava Isaura, playing the beautiful Malvina, and also Luz do Sol, playing Zoé. He also made the film the young Anamaria Tolerância, directed by Carlos Gerbase gaucho.He had a son with ex-husband Paulo...
- Marília - Cecil Thiré - Armando
- Márcio Kieling - Alberto
- Fernanda Nobre - Luísa
- Guilherme Boury - Pedro
- Patrícia França - Nina Santana
- Bete Coelho - Vânia
- André Bankoff - André Campos
- Miguel Thiré - Douglas (Dog)
- Luma Costa - Bebel
- Castrinho - Leonel Pavão
- Nicola Siri - Paulo Garzia
- Antônio Abujamra - Marco Iago