

Season 1 • Episode 167
LatestBrasil República, 1918. Luís Jerônimo is a rich young man. Womanizer, spends all night on the street drinking and having fun with prostitutes, the boy finds out that he has an injury to his right lung. Advised by Edmundo Esteves, his doctor, he decides to spend a season at a cousin's farm in the small town of Vila da Mata in Espírito Santo, in search of fresh air, to prevent the disease from developing into tuberculosis.
Production
Glorious 1918 Brazil period detail
Costume
From Parisian suits to farm dresses
Acting
Tony Ramos owning every scene as the colonel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Benedito Ruy Barbosa built his career on rural Brazilian telenovelas that romanticized the countryside as moral sanctuary against corrupt cities.
Vanessa Giácomo was only 19 during filming—her breakthrough role before becoming one of Brazil's most bankable TV stars.