''Paraíso Tropical'' (English: ''Tropical Paradise'') is a Brazilian primetime
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 (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
that was produced and broadcast by
TV Globo
TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto M ...
from 5 March and 28 September 2007, with 179 episodes.
Written by Gilberto Braga and Ricardo Linhares and directed by
Dennis Carvalho. Starring
Alessandra Negrini,
Fábio Assunção
Fábio Assunção Pinto (; born 10 August 1971) is a Brazilian actor.
In 2011, he was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his role in the miniseries '' Songs of Betrayal'' (Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor'')'' ...
,
Glória Pires
Glória Maria Cláudia Pires de Morais (; ; born 23 August 1963) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her roles in TV Globo telenovelas such as '' Dancin' Days'', ''Vale Tudo'', '' Mulheres de Areia'' and '' O Rei do Gado''. She is als ...
,
Tony Ramos,
Wagner Moura and
Camila Pitanga in the leading roles.
In 2008, the show was nominated for the
International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela
The International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) and recognizes excellence in telenovelas produced and initially aired outside of the United States. The first Internat ...
, losing to Jordanian soap ''The Invasion''.
Plot
Paraíso Tropical is a modern-day urban story that takes place in Rio de Janeiro, where Antenor Cavalcanti has his luxurious hotel company headquarter.
Despite his vast fortune, Antenor is bitter for not having an heir to his empire. The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost.
To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who discovers, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family.
What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides to have an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
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2007 Brazilian television series debuts
2007 Brazilian television series endings
2007 telenovelas
Brazilian LGBTQ-related television shows
Portuguese-language telenovelas
Telenovelas by Gilberto Braga
Television shows set in Rio de Janeiro (city)
TV Globo telenovelas
Television series about twins
LGBTQ telenovelas