Quer o Destino

Quer o Destino
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Helena Amaral
Developed by	Plural Entertainment
Starring	Sara Barradas Pedro Teixeira Pedro Sousa Filipe Vargas Isaac Alfaiate
Opening theme	"Desfado" by Ana Moura
Country of origin	Portugal
Original language	Portuguese
No. of episodes	182 (189 International Version) [1]
Original release
Network	TVI
Release	March 23 (2020-03-23) – October 26, 2020 (2020-10-26)
Related
Prisioneira Bem me Quer Amanda

Quer o Destino (English title: Destiny) ^[2] is a Portuguese telenovela broadcast and produced by TVI. It is written by and adapted from the Chilean telenovela Amanda. The telenovela premiered on March 23, 2020 ^[3] and ended on October 26, 2020.

Plot

«Quer o Destino» is a very Portuguese soap opera and possibly familiar to many who know the secrets that were buried in the estates of wealthy families in ancient Portugal.

Margarida Rosa (Sara Barradas), in her teens, after being raped and watching her own father's murder, the innocent young woman ran away from the fear of being, herself, killed in the silence of Ribatejo.

Now, transformed into a woman in arms, with the name of Vitória Santareno, she decides to leave the capital and return to her origins. The goal? Take revenge on the family of your rapists.

Along the way, there is love and lack of love, there are lessons to overcome and many mirrors of the intrinsic human evil. Vitória will do many objectionable things but, despite having chosen a winding route, she proves to be able to overcome traumas, fears and enemies in the flesh.

Cast

Main

• Sara Barradas as Margarida Rosa / Vitória Santareno
• Pedro Sousa as Mateus Costa de Santa Cruz
• Pedro Teixeira as Marcos Costa de Santa Cruz
• Filipe Vargas as Lucas Costa de Santa Cruz
• Isaac Alfaiate as João Costa de Santa Cruz

Secondary

• Ana Sofia Martins as Carla Isabel Silva
• João Vicente as Carlos Paulo Branco Reis
• Maya Booth as Rita Paiva do Amaral
• Mafalda Marafusta as Maria Isabel Romão
• Inês Herédia as Isabela Fonseca dos Santos
• Leonor Seixas as Patrícia Fontes
• Marta Faial as Sandra Isabel Silva
• Rodrigo Paganelli as Hugo Paulo Branco Reis
• Madalena Aragão as Ana Catarina Santa Cruz
• Diogo Lopes
• Luís Henrique as Diogo Santa Cruz
• Maria Marques as Pilar Santa Cruz

Guest stars

• Ana Bustorff as Elvira de Jesus Fonseca dos Santos
• Luís Esparteiro as Alfredo Paulo Reis
• Marina Mota as Joana Branco Reis
• Maria José Paschoal as Catarina Costa de Santa Cruz

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2021	International Emmy Award	Best Telenovela	Nominated	[4]

References

1. "Destiny". 5 April 2022.
2. "Destiny". 5 April 2022.
3. "Oficial! TVI revela data de estreia de "Quer o Destino"". Zapping (in European Portuguese). 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
4. 2021 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT GALA IN NEW YORK. iemmys.tv. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

External links

• Quer o Destino at IMDb