

81 minSeason 1 • Episode 197
LatestDonatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?
Acting
Patricia Pillar's unhinged Flora is iconic telenovela villainy.
Writing
João Emanuel Carneiro crafts delicious unreliable narrators.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This telenovela revolutionized Brazilian TV by importing the 'unreliable narrator' structure from prestige dramas, proving soap operas could be formally experimental. Globo rebroadcast it to massive ratings during the 2020 lockdowns.
The 'duas versões' structure meant every key scene was filmed twice from conflicting perspectives, exhausting the cast but creating delicious ambiguity. Patricia Pillar reportedly preferred playing Flora's lies.
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