Season 1 • Episode 162
LatestDaniel is a psychic who can see the past and predict the future. As a child, he had a vision that his brother-in-law, João Henrique, was cheating on his sister, Ester, which led her to separate from her husband. As an adult, his psychic abilities increase and Daniel uses them for his own benefit, rather than to help people. He sets up a practice and appears on TV, becoming famous and known as “the Prophet.” Daniel begins to grow rich, important, and cold.
Acting
Carlos Augusto Strazzer's chilling transformation from gifted to hollow.
Writing
Ivani Ribeiro's decades-ahead critique of influencer culture.
Creator
Ivani Ribeiro
Carlos Augusto Strazzer
Daniel
Débora Duarte
Carola
Elaine Cristina
Sônia
Glauce Graieb
Ruth
Rolando Boldrin
João Henrique
Irene Ravache
Teresa
Ana Rosa
Ester
Márcia de Windsor
Maria Luiza
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Clóvis
John Herbert
Heitor
Aldo César
Francisco
Carminha Brandão
Celina
Abrahão Farc
Piragibe
David José
Armando
Luiz Carlos de Moraes
Padre Olavo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1977 Globo telenovela pioneered the 'psychic protagonist' trope later copied across Latin American TV.
Director Ivani Ribeiro reportedly wrote Daniel's arc as commentary on Brazil's military dictatorship—prophetic power as dangerous knowledge.
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