Insensato Coração

''Insensato Coração'' (''Irrational Heart'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Globo that first premiered 17 January 2011, replacing '' Passione'' and ended on 19 August 2011, followed by ''Fina Estampa''. It is created and written by Gilberto Braga and Ricardo Linhares in collaboration with Ângela Carneiro, Fernando Rebello, Izabel de Oliveira, João Ximenes Braga, Maria Helena Nascimento and Nelson Nadotti. Directed by Dennis Cavalho and Vinícius Coimbra together with Cristiano Marques, Flávia Lacerda, Maria de Médicis and Luísa Lima.

Starring Antonio Fagundes, Glória Pires, Eriberto Leão, Paolla Oliveira, Lázaro Ramos, Camila Pitanga, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Deborah Evelyn, Herson Capri, Deborah Secco, Juliano Cazarré, Ana Lúcia Torre, Natália do Vale, Nathalia Timberg and Tarcísio Meira.

Plot

''Irrational Heart'' revolves around unreasonable attitudes and the consequences generated that threaten to change the course of many lives. This action filled, thrilling telenovela follows the fierce relationship of brothers Pedro and Leo Brandão.

Good-natured Pedro is a pilot who is engaged to be married but falls in love with Marina Drummond. They meet during the high jacking of a plane and together take control of the flight, allowing for a safe landing. In appreciation, Marina impulsively kisses Pedro, and they are instantly connected. But they are unaware that Marina is actually an old college friend of Pedro's fiancée, Luciana. When they find this out and decide to go separate ways an unpredictable series of events is unleashed.

Pedro faces a period of recovery after being tried and arrested for a crime that will not go unpunished and Marina must put her feelings on hold even after he is freed. Unlike his brother Pedro, Leo is unscrupulous and greedy. His perpetual envy for his brother causes him to make irrational choices that involve stealing, cheating, and kidnapping. To top it off, their mother, Wanda is extremely overprotective of Leo and makes foolish choices in her obsession for her son. But Pedro has underestimated just how clever and cunning his sibling can truly be.

Not only does the relentless Leo manage to edge aside his brother in the eyes of Marina, but he also succeeds in deceiving Norma, a naïve nurse who develops a genuine affection for him. He only keeps up the charade of their romance in a desperate bid to steal money from Norma’s boss. But after serving a jail sentence for a crime she didn’t commit, Norma will be driven by a strong desire for vengeance against Leo.

Before long, irrational actions transform two once-happy brothers into bitter rivals with Pedro demanding justice for Leo's misconduct.

Cast

* Glória Pires as Norma Pimentel Amaral
* Eriberto Leão as Pedro Alencar Brandão
* Paolla Oliveira as Marina Drummond Brandão
* Gabriel Braga Nunes as Leonardo Alencar Brandão (Léo / Armando / Fred / Wilson)
* Deborah Secco as Natalie Lamour (Natalie Batista Cortez)
* Herson Capri as Horácio Cortez
* Antônio Fagundes as Raul Brandão
* Camila Pitanga as Carolina Miranda (Carol)
* Lázaro Ramos as André Gurgel
* Natália do Vale as Wanda Brandão
* Deborah Evelyn as Eunice Alencar Machado
* Marcelo Valle as Júlio Machado
* Juliano Cazarré as Ismael Cunha
* Cristina Galvão as Jandira Mesquita
* Ana Lúcia Torre as Anita Brandão (Tia Neném)
* Nathalia Timberg as Vitória Drummond
* Jonatas Faro as Rafael Cortez (Rafa)
* Bruna Linzmeyer as Leila Machado
* Giovanna Lancellotti as Cecília Machado
* Thiago Martins as Vinicius Rocha Amaral
* Maria Clara Gueiros as Abigail Castellani (Bibi)
* Ricardo Tozzi as Douglas Batista
* Isabela Garcia as Daisy Damasceno
* Petrônio Gontijo