A Favorita

Infobox Television
show_name = A Favorita


caption = Title card of A Favorita
format = Soap opera
camera =
runtime =
creator = João Emanuel Carneiro
executive_producer =
starring = Cláudia Raia
Patrícia Pillar
Mariana Ximenes
Murilo Benício
Deborah Secco
Taís Araújo
Carmo Dalla Vecchia
Thiago Rodrigues
Cauã Reymond
Mauro Mendonça
Glória Menezes
Tarcísio Meira
Ary Fontoura
and big cast
opentheme = "Pa'Bailar", Bajofondo
country = Brazil
language = Portuguese
network = Rede Globo
first_aired = June 2, 2008
last_aired = present
picture_format = 720p (HDTV)
num_seasons =
num_episodes =
list_episodes = 203 (scheduled)
followed_by =
website =http://afavorita.globo.com/
imdb_id =
tv_com_id =

"A Favorita" (The Favorite) is a Brazilian telenovela broadcast by Rede Globo.

Plot

Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a crime and is lying. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?

Donatela and Flora grew up together. Donatela lost her parents in an accident and ended up being adopted by Flora's family. By the time they were children, the two girls were best friends to the point of starting a country band, “Faísca e Espoleta” (Flash and Fusee). The partnership made a reasonable success at the time, but the career was interrupted after they met friends Marcelo and Dodi, to whom they became engaged. Donatela married Marcelo, Gonçalo Fontini's son, heir of a paper and cellulose corporation, while Flora married Dodi, an unscrupulous man who worked for his friend's father.

However, Donatela and Marcelo's happiness didn't last too long. The couple's first son, Matheus, was kidnapped when he was six months old, never to appear again. Since then the couple started to discuss very often. In the meantime, Flora and Dodi splited up and she had an affair with Marcelo. She gave birth to Lara, daughter to Marcelo, harming even more his relationship with Donatela and mostly the relationship between the two friends.

In the worst period of the crisis between Donatela and Flora, Marcelo was murdered. He was shot three times with a gun that, according to witnesses, was in Flora's possession. She was arrested and sent to jail for eighteen years. Donatela, despite of not forgiving Flora for the treason and for killing the love of her life, raised Lara with the love of a true mother.

Eighteen years later, after being released from jail, Flora starts trying to prove her innocence, blaming Donatela for the crime she has already paid for. Donatela fears that Flora may want to take her beloved daughter Lara away. Lara becomes the target of the dispute between the two women, who were once friends. While Flora will try to get her daughter back, Donatela will do everything she can to stop her.

Cast

*Cláudia Raia - Donatela Fontini
*Patrícia Pillar - Flora Pereira
*Mariana Ximenes - Lara Fontini
*Murilo Benício - Eduardo "Dodi" Gentil
*Deborah Secco - Maria do Céu
*Carmo Dalla Vecchia - José Roberto "Zé Bob"
*Cauã Reymond - Halley Gonzaga
*Thiago Rodrigues - Cassiano Copola
*Mauro Mendonça - Gonçalo Fontini
*Glória Menezes - Irene Fontini
*Tarcísio Meira - Frederico Copola
*Ary Fontoura - Siveirinha
*Elizângela - Cilene
*Giulia Gam - Diva Palhares (Rosana Costa) "Kato"
*José Mayer - Augusto César
*Lilia Cabral - Catarina
*Jackson Antunes - Leonardo Medeiros
*Paula Burlamaqui - Stela
*Milton Gonçalves - Romildo Rosa
*Taís Araújo - Alícia Rosa
*Christine Fernandes - Rita Porto
*Fabrício Boliveira - Didu Rosa
*Cláudia Ohana - Cida
*Chico Diaz - Átila
*Gisele Fróes - Lorena
*Suzana Faini - Yolanda Copola
*Leonardo Medeiros - Elias
*Helena Ranaldi - Dedina
*Malvino Salvador - Damião
*Ana Roberta Gualda - Greice
*Ângela Vieira - Arlete
*Iran Malfitano - Orlandinho Queiroz
*Genézio de Barros - Pedro Pereira
*Juliana Paes - Maíra Carvalho
*Nelson Xavier - Edvaldo
*Mário Gomes - Gurgel
*Bel Kutner - Amelinha
*Rosi Campos - Tuca
*Alexandre Schumacher - Norton
*Aramis Trindade - Clemente
*Clarice Falcão - Mariana
*Emanuelle Araújo - Manu
*Giovanna Ewbank - Sharon
*Graziella Schmitt - Tina
*Jean-Pierre Noher - Pepe Molinos
*Miguel Rômulo - Shiva Lênin
*Rui Rezende - Pereira
*Selma Egrei - Dulce Porto
*Raquel Galvão - Melissa
*Thiaré Maia - Luma
*Eduardo Mello - Domênico
*Hanna Romanazzi - Camila
*Renan Mayer - Tiago
*Sofia Terra - Carolina

ee also

*Rede Globo

External links

*imdb title|id=1256139|name=A Favorita
* [http://afavorita.globo.com/ "A Favorita" (Brazilian Website) (in Portuguese)]