Season 1 • Episode 221
LatestMel feels fear when leaving the clinic. Cecéu invites Nando to his graduation. Regininha is rejected by her mother. Mel asks for forgiveness. Dona Jura throws a party at the bar.
Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.
Acting
Murilo Benício playing THREE roles with actual distinct energy.
Writing
Glória Perez mixing sci-fi, Islam, and Brazilian melodrama like it's normal.
Production
Actual Morocco location shoots for peak early-2000s exoticism.
Creator
Glória Perez
Murilo Benício
Lucas Ferraz / Diogo Ferraz / Leo (Leandro Edvaldo Moura da Silva)
Giovanna Antonelli
Jade El Adib Rachid
Juca de Oliveira
Dr. Augusto Albieri
Reginaldo Faria
Leônidas Ferraz (Leãozinho)
Vera Fischer
Yvete Simas de Oliveira
Daniela Escobar
Maysa Assunção Ferraz
Dalton Vigh
Said Rachid
Débora Falabella
Melissa "Mel" Assunção Ferraz
Marcello Novaes
Alexandre "Xande" Cordeiro
Adriana Lessa
Deusa da Silva
Stênio Garcia
Ali El Adib
Cristiana Oliveira
Alice "Alicinha" Ferreira das Neves
Jandira Martini
Zoraide
Marcos Frota
Danilo Escobar
Letícia Sabatella
Latiffa El Adib Rachid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This telenovela sparked actual debate in Brazil about human cloning ethics, with scientists publicly criticizing its scientific accuracy.
The Morocco scenes were so popular that Moroccan tourism to Brazil briefly spiked, and Giovanna Antonelli became a style icon for her character's headscarf looks.
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