''Dancin' Days'' is a Portuguese soap opera (

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

) which began airing on

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in June 2012.

Cast

* Joana Santos – Júlia Matos *

Soraia Chaves Soraia Chaves (born 22 June 1982 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese actress and model. She became famous with the role of Amélia in the film ''O Crime do Padre Amaro'' and the role of Maria in her next film, ''Call Girl''. She also played the role of Raq ...

– Raquel Corte-Real *

Joana Ribeiro Joana Isabel de Alvim Rodrigo Pereira Ribeiro (born 25 March 1992 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese actress. Biography Joana Ribeiro was born on 25 March 1992 in Lisbon, Portugal to an engineer father and veterinarian mother. She studied first at the ...

– Mariana Corte-Real * Albano Jerónimo – Duarte Sousa Prado de Oliveira * Alexandre de Sousa – Zé Maria Corte-Real

Plot

''Dancin' Days'' is a remake of a Brazilian telenovela of the same name which aired in 1978–1979. The plot starts with Júlia (Santos) being imprisoned for a crime which her sister Raquel (Chaves) committed after a New Year's Eve party. In prison, Júlia becomes pregnant and leaves her daughter, Mariana (Ribeiro), with her sister. From then on the three are confronted with many problems, but also become more and more united.

References

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