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Verdades Secretas

Brazilian telenovela by Walcyr Carrasco From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Verdades Secretas (English: Hidden Truths) is a Brazilian telenovela created by Walcyr Carrasco and directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho and Amora Mautner. Produced and broadcast by TV Globo, it premiered on 8 June 2015.[1] The second season was broadcast by Globo streaming service, Globoplay from 20 October 2021 to 17 December 2021.[2][3][4][5]

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The first season stars Camila Queiroz, Rodrigo Lombardi, Drica Moraes, Marieta Severo, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Grazi Massafera, Agatha Moreira, and Rainer Cadete. While Rômulo Estrela, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Maria de Medeiros, Deborah Evelyn, Ícaro Silva, Sérgio Guizé, and Júlia Byrro join the main cast for the second season.

In October 2021, the telenovela was renewed for a third season, which was scheduled to premiere in 2023.[6] In May 2022, Globo shelved plans of producing the third season, ending the show's run after two seasons.[7]

In 2015, the first season won the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela.

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Plot

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Season 1 (2015)

Arlete (Camila Queiroz) is a beautiful young girl full of dreams. She arrives in São Paulo willing to become a model, but she ends up working as a luxury prostitute under the stage name "Angel". Hit by the needs that life imposes, Angel cannot overcome the traps disguised as opportunities, allowing herself to be taken by an obscure reality, which goes far beyond the catwalks. This is when Alex (Rodrigo Lombardi), a powerful, rich, seductive, and experienced man, comes into her life. They eventually end up being in love with each other as they start a relationship. Aiming to be even closer to Angel, Alex fakes his love towards Angel's mother, Carolina (Drica Moraes), and marries her. Later on, Carolina learns about Angel and Alex's affair and commits suicide in disgust. In order to avenge her mother's death, Angel kills Alex and throws his corpse into the sea. She later marries Guilherme (Gabriel Leone), her old boyfriend from the modeling agency.

Season 2 (2021)

Years after Alex's death, Guilherme dies in a mysterious accident. With no money and an ill son left to raise, Angel decides to start modeling again. Giovanna (Agatha Moreira), Alex's daughter, returns from Paris, believing that Angel murdered both Guilherme and her father, whose corpse was never found. In order to prove Alex's death and take possession of her family's inheritance, Giovanna is willing to do anything to find evidence that proves that Angel killed her father. She hires Cristiano (Rômulo Estrela), a charming private investigator, with whom she gets involved with. Aiming to get closer to Angel and be able to investigate her, Cristiano decides to pose as a model and infiltrate the world of fashion; however, once he meets Angel, he ends up falling in love with her.

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Cast

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Recurring

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  • Bernardo Lessa as Fabrício (season 2)
  • Luciana Fernandes as Nalva (season 2)
  • Maria Luísa Mendonça as Araídes Cunha (season 2)[59]
  • Erika Januza as Laila Nolasco (season 2)[60]
  • Rhay Polster as Chiara (season 2)[61]
  • Paula Burlamaqui as Aline (season 2)[62]
  • Gabriel Vieira as Tadeu (season 2)[63]
  • Mayara Russi as Vitória (season 2)[64]
  • Iza Moreira as Giulia (season 2)
  • Clara Choveaux as Tânia (season 2)
  • Kelner Macêdo as Mark (season 2)[65]
  • Rodrigo Pandolfo as Benjamin "Benji" Nunes (season 2)[66]
  • Johnny Massaro as Giotto (season 2)
  • Julia Stockler as Irina (season 2)
  • Celso Frateschi as Lorenzo (season 2)
  • Bruno Montaleone as Matheus (season 2)
  • Zezé Polessa as Berta (season 2)[67]
  • Jonathan Azevedo as Eurípedes (season 2)[68]
  • Aline Borges as Thaís (season 2)[69]
  • Eduardo Reyes as Edney (season 2)
  • Julio Machado as Nicolau (season 2)
  • Daniel Andrade as Lúcio DeSantis (season 2)[70]
  • Giovana Echeverria as Lisa (season 2)[71]
  • Malu Ogata as Reiko (season 2)[72]
  • Ângelo Antônio as Visky's father (season 2)[73]

Guest stars

Introduced in season one

  • Kíria Malheiros as young Carolina Brito (season 1)
  • Camila Mayrink as Bel (season 1)[74]
  • Maurício Branco as Dante (season 1)
  • Fernanda Tavares as herself (season 1)[75]
  • Ana Paula Botelho as Chambermaid (season 1)
  • Alexia Dechamps as Lídice (season 1)[76]
  • Álamo Facó as Emanoel (season 1)
  • Martha Meola as Silvia (season 1)
  • Giulio Lopes as Renato (season 1)

Introduced in season two

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Episodes

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Reception

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In Brazil, the telenovela was broadcast in the 11:00 pm time slot and recorded an average 43% share and more than 18 million viewers. It was one of the most successful telenovelas of TV Globo in recent times, having achieved a viewership rating of 19.81 (20) points, the highest, despite its 11 pm timeslot.[77] It was also widely commented on Twitter, while being broadcast, generating more than three million comments. The #verdadessecretas (original title of the telenovela) hashtag was the most used, with 2,817,827 mentions. In second place was #angel, the name young Arlete uses after entering into the fashion world. The telenovela's finale garnered more than one million mentions.[78]

Verdades Secretas received praise from critics, and was prized as Best Telenovela at the 44th International Emmy Awards, becoming the fifth telenovela of TV Globo to win the category in a row. The telenovela also received nomination for Best Actress for Grazi Massafera performance.[79]

Ratings

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On a consolidated basis, the debut of the plot registered 22.9 (23) points, same as the 9 pm telenovela Babilônia.[82][83] The next day scored 20.2 points. In its third episode, Verdades Secretas scored 19 points.[84][85] Record viewership took place on 22 June, when it recorded 24 rating points in Greater São Paulo.[86] On 6 July, the show peaked at 30 points rating, closing with average of 26 (25.5) that week.[87][88] In its last week it hit a record audience on 21 July with 27 points almost surpassing the telenovela A Regra do Jogo. Sometimes higher viewer ratings than the Jornal Nacional, as on 27 July, when the plot registered an average of 25 points against 24 of the newspaper.[89]

In its penultimate episode, the telenovela aired from 11:30 pm to 12:37 am, despite being displayed later time than schedule, it scored average 24.3 points.[90] On the last episode scored 27 points, its highest ratings since its debut.[91]

Awards and nominations

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DVD release

In June 2016, Globo Marcas released a DVD of an edited version of the telenovela, consisting of 25 episodes.

Verdades Secretas: Versão Sem Cortes[95]
Set details Special features
  • 25 episodes
  • 13-disc set
  • 1500 minutes
  • Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
  • English SDH, English and Spanish subtitles
  • Edited Version-Episodes
Release dates
Region 1 Region 4
- 20 June 2016

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