Vidas Opostas (TV series)

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Vidas Opostas
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"Unidas Pelo Destino" (Portuguese) "United by Destiny" (English)
StarringJoana Santos
Sara Matos
Diogo Amaral
João Jesus
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Country of originPortugal
Original languagePortuguese
Original release
Network SIC
Release9 April 2018 (2018-04-09) 
10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)
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Vidas Opostas (Tangled Lives) is a Portuguese telenovela which began airing on SIC on 9 April 2018 and ended on 10 May 2019.

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Plot

Life is good to EVA. She loves husband MARCO, has a job that makes her feel fulfilled and is pregnant with her first child. Little does she know her World is about to crumble!

EVA finds out MARCO has been cheating on her and that their marriage is a front with even more unpredictable consequences. MARCO is in fact in love with MARIA. They have maintained a relationship for over two years and have a baby daughter.

MARCO works for a big sports fashion entrepreneur, ÁLVARO, who also set up an illegal doping network. He worked for the network. Reason why he married EVA, so he can spy on her, pass on secret intelligence and operations to the network, since she worked for an anti-doping agency.

When MARCO finds himself responsible for the death of ÁLVARO's son, an up-and-coming football star, he becomes a wanted man! His former boss will want nothing but to kill him. ÁLVARO must be careful, so no one discovers his illegal business.

JORGE is a journalist who will return from Canada to investigate his brother MARCO's secret life. He will fall in love with ex-sister-in-law EVA and discover he has a niece, building a relationship with MARIA.

On the other hand, ÁLVARO's son RICARDO will also try to discover who killed his brother, which leads him to MARIA. He will fall deeply in love with her once he realizes she was never MARCO's accomplice. But MARIA will have to prove her innocence to his family.

This is how EVA and MARIA will confront each other. Their lives will be forever tangled through the man who fooled them. They will fight to the end against MARCO, to regain their life and protect their families. [1]

Cast

Actor/ActressCharacters
Joana SantosEva Lemos
Sara MatosMaria Pinho
Renato GodinhoMarco Vaz
Diogo Amaral Jorge Vaz
João JesusRicardo Candal
Maria João LuísSalomé Lemos
Ana Padrão Cecília Candal
Paula Lobo AntunesAurora Teles
Rui MorrisonÁlvaro Candal
Diana ChavesVera Leal
Jorge Corrula Lucas Teles
Martinho SilvaCaio Leal
Sofia Sá da BandeiraAnabela Vidal
António DurãesJoão Trovão
Rui Luís BrásFausto Vidal
Ricardo CarriçoArtur Silva
Maria D'AiresLeonor Reis
Nuno JaneiroBenny Reis
Diogo LopesHugo Pinho
Joana DuarteMónica Silva
Luís GarciaJoel Lemos
João ArraisTito Reis
Filipa NascimentoÍris Candal
Ricardo OliveiraSimão Alves
Beatriz FrazãoLucinha Lemos
Henrique MelloDavid Teles
Daniela MarquesBeatriz Leal
Andrei MaxineseTomás Vidal
Carolina CarvalhoMariana Dias
Vera MouraSoraia Dias
Raquel SampaioDébora Trovão
Inês MonteiroJoana Vidal

Special Guest Cast

Actor/ActressCharacters
José SimõesFrederico Candal
Dinarte BrancoVítor Pinho

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominatedResult
2019New York Festivals® International TV & Film Awards 2019Best TelenovelaTangled LivesBronze
40º Banff World Media Festival – The Rockie Awards Serials, Soaps & TelenovelasWon
International Emmy Award Best Telenovela [2] Nominated

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References

  1. "TANGLED LIVES" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  2. Roxborough, Scott (19 September 2019). "International Emmys: 'McMafia,' 'Bad Banks' Among Best Drama Nominees". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 20 September 2019.