62 minSeason 1 • Episode 204
LatestFátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever.
Writing
Braga & Silva's ruthless social critique disguised as melodrama.
Acting
Glória Pires makes Fátima terrifyingly watchable.
Production
1988 Rio glamour that aged like dramatic wine.
Creators
Aguinaldo Silva, Gilberto Braga, Leonor Bassères
Regina Duarte
Raquel Gomes Accioli
Antônio Fagundes
Ivan Meireles
Lídia Brondi
Solange Duprat
Cássio Gabus Mendes
Afonso de Almeida Roitman
Glória Pires
Maria de Fátima Gomes Accioli
Carlos Alberto Riccelli
César Ribeiro
Beatriz Segall
Odete de Almeida Roitman
Reginaldo Faria
Marco Aurélio Cantanhede
Nathália Timberg
Celina Almeida Aguiar Junqueira
Renata Sorrah
Helena de Almeida Roitman
Pedro Paulo Rangel
Aldálio Candeias (Poliana)
Cássia Kis
Leila Cantanhede
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Bartolomeu Meireles
Adriano Reys
Renato Filipelli
Lília Cabral
Aldeíde Candeias
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vale Tudo aired during Brazil's hyperinflation crisis, making its rags-to-riches fantasy both escapist and painfully ironic.
The famous slap scene between Raquel and Fátima was improvised by Regina Duarte after Glória Pires went off-script — and they kept it.
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