''Araguaia'' ( en, italic=yes, Destiny River ) is a Brazilian supernatural telenovela that debuted on
Rede Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Gr ...
from September 27, 2010 to April 8, 2011. It is created by Walther Negrão.
It is written by Walther Negrão, Jackie Vellego,
Renato Modesto, Julio Fischer, Alessandro Marson and Fausto Galvão.
The novela was topbilled by
Cléo Pires
Cleo Pires Ayrosa Galvão (born 2 October 1982), known mononymously as Cleo, is a Brazilian actress and singer.
Career
She made her debut as an actress when she participated in the ''Memorial de Maria Moura'' mini-series in 1994. It was a qui ...
,
Murilo Rosa,
Milena Toscano
Milena Toscano Gonçalves (born January 11, 1984), is a Brazilian actress.
Career
Born in Santo André, São Paulo, Milena Toscano started her career as a model when she was ten years-old, after she was hired by the Ford Models Agency. Sh ...
,
Thiago Fragoso,
Júlia Lemmertz
Júlia Lemmertz Dias (born March 18, 1963) is a Brazilian television, film and stage actress.
Biography and career
Júlia was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, to actors Lineu Dias and Lílian Lemmertz. Her career started when she was a ...
,
Lima Duarte
Ariclenes Venâncio Martins (born 29 March 1930), known professionally as Lima Duarte, is a Brazilian actor. He played a number of characters in Brazilian telenovelas, such as Zeca Diabo in ''O Bem-Amado'' and Sinhozinho Malta in ''Roque Santeiro ...
and together with an
ensemble cast
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Structure
In contrast to ...
.
Due to its success it was nominated for the International Emmy Awards 2011.
Plot
First phase
In 1845, before industrialization, women had to do everything to protect what they owned as they did not depend so much in men. One day an indigenous tribe, Karuê, launched an attack on the women's homestead and rob and grab their properties. Many are killed and Apoena, one of the attackers rescues Antonîa, a teenager and decides to take her to his community. Through the ventures, Antonîa and Apoena fall in love in and hence, she becomes pregnant. On arriving among the Karuê community, Antonîa's state (pregnancy) awakens Larú's hatred and therefore casts a curse on all Antonîa and Apoena's male offspring. They children die under mysterious circumstances on the banks of
Araguaia river
The Araguaia River ( pt, Rio Araguaia , Karajá: ♂ ''Berohokỹ'' eɾohoˈkə̃ ♀ ''Bèrakuhukỹ'' ɛɾakuhuˈkə̃ is one of the major rivers of Brazil though it is almost equal in volume at its confluence with the Tocantins. It has a total ...
.
Second phase
In the 21st century, Fernando (
Edson Celulari
Edson Francisco Celulari (born 20 March 1958) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Celulari was a member of Porão 7, an amateur theater company from São Carlos. When he was 16 years old, he moved to São Paulo to study at the University of São ...
) receives the news that his mother Antoninha (
Regina Duarte) is critically ill and nearing death. He sets a journey back to Araguaia together with his wife, son and her adoptive mother; Estela, Solano and Mariquita respectively. On arrival Antonîa dies after begging Fernando to take away his son away from Araguaia as the curse inflected by Larú is still effective. With the outgoing nature of Fernando he decides to sell Solano's horse in order to find money to take Estela and he back to
Rio de Janeiro
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. He unfortunately dies on the eve of their supposed journey. Estela develops feelings for Solano while Solano has an irresistible attraction to Estela. A love story between Estela (
Cleo Pires) a Karuê last female descendant and Solano (
Murilo Rosa), the last descendant of Apoena and Antonia. This will put Estela on a quest of fulfilling the curse or living her own love story. The situation complicates when she becomes pregnant with Solano's son who is also affected by the curse. They must fight against all odds in order to get rid of the curse.
Cast
File:Cleo Pires na Arezzo cropped.jpg,
File:Milena Toscano.jpg,
File:Murilo Rosa 2.jpg,
File:Limaduarte.jpg,
File:Laura Cardoso AgB cropped 1.jpg,
File:Mariana_Rios_BLOG_OUT_by_Felipe_Pilotto_066_%2810452759766%29.jpg,
File:Julia Lemmertz.jpg,
File:Thiago Fragoso.jpg,
File:Raphael Viana 01.jpg,
File:Bruna Marquezine.jpg,
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
External links
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Website
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2010 Brazilian television series debuts
2011 Brazilian television series endings
2010 telenovelas
TV Globo telenovelas
Brazilian telenovelas
Portuguese-language telenovelas