Araguaia (TV series)

Araguaia
Also known as	Rio del destino
Genre	Telenovela Adventure
Written by	Jackie Vellego Renato Modesto Julio Fischer Alessandro Marson Fausto Galvão
Directed by	Marcos Schechtman Marcelo Travesso
Starring	Murilo Rosa Milena Toscano Cléo Pires Laura Cardoso Thiago Fragoso Júlia Lemmertz Suzana Pires Lima Duarte
Opening theme	"Companheiro" by Maria Eugênia
Composers	Hans Donner Alexandre Pit Ribeiro Roberto Stein
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of episodes	166 105 (international version)
Production
Editors	George Hamilton Carlos Thadeu Edson Mello Roberto Mariano
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	Globo
Release	September 27, 2010 – April 8, 2011

Araguaia (English: Destiny River) was a Brazilian supernatural telenovela that ran on TV Globo from September 27, 2010 to April 8, 2011.

Created by Walther Negrão and co-written by Jackie Vellego, Renato Modesto, Julio Fischer, Alessandro Marson and Fausto Galvão. Directed by Marcos Schechtman and Marcelo Travesso.

Starring Cléo Pires, Murilo Rosa, Milena Toscano, Thiago Fragoso, Júlia Lemmertz and Lima Duarte.

In 2012, the show was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela.

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. The children die under mysterious circumstances on the banks of Araguaia river.

Second phase

In the 21st century, Fernando (Edson Celulari) 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. 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

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  Cléo Pires is Estela.
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  Milena Toscano is Manuela.
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  Murilo Rosa is Solano.
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  Lima Duarte is Max.
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  Laura Cardoso is Mariquita.
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  Mariana Rios is Nancy.
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  Júlia Lemmertz is Maria Amélia.
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  Thiago Fragoso is Víctor.
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  Raphael Viana is Frederico.
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  Bruna Marquezine is Terezinha.

Awards and nominations