Amor Maior

Last updated

Amor Maior
AmormaiorPOSTER2016.jpg
Also known as
  • Maior que a Vida(season 1)
  • Greater Than Life(season 1)
  • Até Que a Morte nos Separe(season 2)
  • Till Death Do Us Part(season 2)
Created byInês Gomes
Starring Sara Matos
José Fidalgo
Inês Castel-Branco
José Mata
(see more)
Country of originPortugal
Original languagePortuguese
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes333
Release
Original network SIC
Original release12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) 
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30)

Amor Maior (More Than Love) was a Portuguese telenovela which began airing on SIC on 12 September 2016 and ending on 30 September 2017.

Contents

Plot

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 17012 September 2016 (2016-09-12)28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)
2 1639129 March 2017 (2017-03-29)10 July 2017 (2017-07-10)
7211 July 2017 (2017-07-11)30 September 2017 (2017-09-30)

Season One

Out of love for her brothers, Clara will have to face Francisca, her stepmother, and sacrifice the passion of a life. Francisca always wanted the life and fortune that her half-sister, Laura, had. She ordered her killed, married her husband, and adopted the younger stepdaughters.

Now plans to kill her husband, but Clara, Laura's eldest daughter, finds out and tries to tell her family. No one believes in Clara and her father ends up driving her and his son, Afonso, out of the house. At the same time, they struggle to work with Paulo (known as "Lobo" which translates to "Wolf"), a criminal who is making them work for him as Afonso's girlfriend lost drugs that she was selling for "Lobo". Afonso broke up with her right after, however "Lobo" never made his girlfriend work for him only Afonso and his sister Clara. However "Lobo" begins to see Clara with other eyes, falling in love with her. Clara faces a problem as she can not get custody of her sisters, Daniela and Marta, but she promised to make everything to protect them. Francisca does not facilitate the life of Clara because she falls in love with her beloved, Manel, finishing these by having an affair. But when Manel realizes that Francisca is not who he thinks, it ends soon with their relationship and goes to Clara. Clara and Manel live a beautiful love story.

Francisca, however, has not stopped loving Manel since the first day she had with him. So this will make Clara's life a living hell and do everything to separate them. Manel even knowing that Francisca is Clara's stepmother, continues with this ending even by marrying her. However, when Francisca was having an affair with Manel, she was married to Eduardo (biological father of Clara, Marta, Daniela and Afonso), and since she wanted to go with Manel and receive his inheritance, she decided to kill him at the party. Marta's birthday.

This is normal, this one stayed in the tracks because the father died at his own party. Daniela, was the only person who had ever arrived at the compound (a terrace in Alfama). As soon as she got there, Francisca was talking to her father. This one (Francisca) decided that it was a good time for her husband to die.

He threw him on the terrace and he died. Daniela, who was in the room, was shocked by what had happened. Francisca, only later did she realize that her husband had died in the presence of Daniela. From this moment, Francisca, afraid that Daniela "opened her mouth" began to give her pills to silence her and to say nothing to the authorities. Daniela is being manipulated by Francisca, and when someone asks her who killed Eduardo, she accuses Clara to Francisca.

Clara and Manel are married but Francisca does not give up on separating them, the villain discovers that his nephew Ricardo has a video of the robbery to the museum where Carlos Paiva died. The villain threatens to tell everyone that Ricardo is homosexual if she does not receive the video. Ricardo gives in to his aunt's blackmail and hands her the video. Francisca made a trip to São Tomé, where Clara and Manel were spending their honeymoon, and threatened the stepdaughter to tell Manel that he participated in the robbery of the museum and to show him the images and the police. Clara gives in and tells Manel that she was forced by the Wolf to make the assault. Manel is disillusioned with Clara and does not forgive her. Which leaves Francisca satisfied.

The villain continues to drug Daniela and turns her against the brothers. Clara asks for help to Nina, the woman who helped Daniela when she was missing, to help her gain the confidence of the girl again and Nina accepts. Daniela is very happy to see Nina and the bitch Zuzu and is happier when Nina lets her stay with the dog. When Marta tells Francisca about the judge, Francisca full of rage kills Zuzu, which leaves Daniela behind. The villain threatens Marta to do the same to a person if she goes on to say that she is a lousy mother. Francisca loses custody of Marta but stays with Daniela, who speaks well of her (because she does not want the stepmother to hurt her brothers). Francisca threatens Clara, Afonso and Marta that they will not see Daniela again.

Telmo, still feeling betrayed by Francisca to have a son who is also from Manel, goes to the palace and finds Clara to tell him the whole truth about Francisca. Telmo tells Clara that Francisca was pushing Eduardo off the terrace of the Marta party, and when Daniela was missing, Francisca planned to kidnap her. Telmo also reveals that it was Francisca who had Laura killed. Clara asks Telmo to testify against Francisca for her to pay for everything she did, but Telmo refuses because if Francisca is arrested, he goes with her. Telmo asks Clara to arrange evidence, she will have to prove that Francisca had an affair with Eduardo before Laura left for Sao Tome and died. The death of Laura commissioned by Francisca leaves Afonso so motivated to catch Francisca and kill her.

Manel and Clara go alone to the farm of Clara's family. On the way they agree that they will have to have a serious conversation after being able to incriminate Francisca. When they get there, Clara sees Lobo's car and is furious, thinking that this one ended with Francisca, against her will. Manel, for his part, is worried about his baby.

Without anyone knowing, Afonso is there with Lobo and they both wear the same monkey suits and put on masks. Surprised Francisca who is scared. Wolf threatens her but Afonso asks him to shoot. Clara and Manel appear and this one orders the hooded ones to drop the arms. Manel shoots Afonso

Season Two

When Manel removes Afonso's mask, Clara is in shock and Manel is taken aback. Wolf flees from there while Manel asks Francisca for help. She examines the stepson and informs Manel and Clara that they have to take him to the hospital immediately, or he will not survive. Manel picks it up and takes it to the car.

Francisca informs Pilar of what happened. She is worried that her nephew was shot.

Manel and Clara arrive with Afonso to the hospital and this one is taken, immediately, to the operative block. Manel tries to apologize but Clara only thinks about her brother.

Pilar arrives at the hospital and hugs Clara. They still do not know anything about Afonso. Pilar feels responsible for the fact that the nephew has reached that point of revolt. Manel approaches and feels much guilty but still wants to combine the testimony with Clara to avoid that Afonso is accused of attempted murder.

Afonso almost died in the operation, Afonso is in an induced coma.

Francisca returns to Lisbon and tells Teresa that there was an accident on the farm and that Afonso was shot. Teresa and Daniela get very agitated. Daniela loses her temper and explodes, accusing Francisca of having failed what she promised, of not doing any of her brothers any harm. Teresa is strange in her behavior and defends the granddaughter of her daughter's manipulations.

Manel ventured with Pilar who shot Afonso thinking that it was Wolf, admitting his desire for revenge. Pilar fears Afonso will be arrested after recovering. Jorge appears and does not bring good news, the state of Afonso is critical because he lost a lot of blood.

Manel gives his testimony to a PSP agent. It does not reveal that Clara was present nor that Afonso was armed. He claims that he thought it was Telmo and that he fired to defend a defenseless civilian. After the agent left, Manel ventured with Pilar who hated to have to lie but did it for Afonso.

Marta arrives at the hospital with Vicente and tries to understand what really happened. Clara does not reveal the truth. The surgeon who operated Afonso addresses the family and conveys, in dismay, that Afonso is alive but in an induced coma so he will not feel pain. Clara and Marta enter the room where Afonso is connected to the machines and cry when they see their brother in that situation. Clara finally tells Marta that it was Manel who struck her brother.

Wolf goes to the hospital to know what the state of Afonso and Clara reacts very badly to its presence there. However, he burst into tears in the bandit's arms, with no strength to resist.

Pilar receives Gonçalo in his house and talks with his friend about the state of health Afonso. Vicente also appears and is displeased to see Gonçalo again, in the house of his ex-wife. This one comes to ask explanations to Pilar about having hidden to him that Francisca is behind the death of Laura and presses it to pass him a power of attorney with the actions of Marta.

When visiting Afonso in the hospital, Lobo crosses with Manel who accuses him of being responsible for that situation. After all, Lobo assumes nothing.

Clara rushes into Francisca's house and tells her to keep quiet about Afonso. Despite her threats, Clara guarantees that she will do justice with her own hands should anything happen to Afonso.

At Francisca's house, she thanks Manel for saving her life. Manel, for his part, demands that she does nothing against Afonso under threat of reopening the investigation for Laura's death.

When Francisca arrives at the PJ to testify, Luisa sends Manel out of her room. Apprehensive, Manel observes Francisca and Luisa in the distance. Francisca keeps the story that Manel told and refuses to present a complaint against her nephew. Luisa is strange to say that it was all the result of a joke of bad taste and Manel is relieved to know that it collaborated to his lie.

Clara is furious to learn that Manel negotiated with Francisca not to reopen the investigation into Laura's death. She feels betrayed by Manel and frustrated that she can not avenge her mother's death.

Helena confronts Goncalo and asks him some more time to be able to tell the truth to Manel about his fatherhood and he says he will not wait very long.

Pilar tells the truth about Francisca to Teresa, who was the Francisca who had Laura killed to get everything that was of the half-sister, who was the Francisca who pushed Eduardo, Eduardo and Francisca to be lovers before Laura died and Francisca Have killed Daniela's female dog Zuzu. This leaves Teresa in shock and she turns to her daughter for all the evil she did to the family and regrets what she did because if she had realized who Francisca really was, Laura would still be alive but Clara promises that Francisca will pay for Which they did.

Cast

Actor/ActressCharacterSeason
1 2
Sara Matos Clara Resende BorgesProtagonist
José Fidalgo Manuel PaivaProtagonist
Inês Castel-Branco Francisca Alves BorgesAntagonist
José Mata Paulo Costa (Lobo)AntagonistProtagonist
João Reis Gonçalo NascimentoGuestCo-Antagonist
Ana Padrão Laura ResendeGuestCo-Protagonist
Maria João Luís Pilar TavaresRegular
Rogério Samora Vicente ResendeRegular
Vitória Guerra Diana AlmeidaRegular
Maria João Abreu Dolores MatiasRegular
José Raposo Armando MatiasRegular
Sofia Sá da Bandeira Helena Machado PaivaRegular
Margarida Carpinteiro Amália MachadoRegular
Júlio César Joel CorreiaRegular
Lia Gama Teresa Alves ResendeRegular
Miguel Damião Jorge AlmeidaRegular
Rita Loureiro Edite Paiva NetoRegular
Ruben Gomes Sebastião AraújoRegular
Dânia Neto Liliana FariaRegular
Rui Unas António Manuel Cerejo (Tomané)Regular
Oceana Basílio Miranda SousaRegular
Jorge Corrula Raul SousaGuestRegular
Tiago Teotónio Pereira Ricardo Tavares ResendeRegular
Tiago Aldeia Henrique FrancoRegular
Cleia Almeida Bárbara Tavares ResendeRegular
João Jesus Gabriel NetoRegular
Filipa Areosa Mafalda Tavares ResendeRegular
Ana Guiomar Maria Preciosa DiasRegular
João Baptista Telmo SantosRegular
Mariana Norton Alice OliveiraRegular
Diogo Valsassina Nelson MatiasRegular
Catarina Rebelo Marta Resende BorgesRegular
João ManeiraAfonso Resende BorgesRegular
Cecília HenriquesGisela TorresRegular
Hélder Agapito Joaquim PaivaRegular
Matamba JoaquimTimóteo NetoRegular
Hugo Tavares Nuno CorreiaRecurring
Marco MendonçaLucas PreguiçaRegular
Miguel CostaAlberto CruzRegular
Miguel FrazãoRogério Mendes (Roger)Regular
Samuel AlvesMiguel AlmeidaRegular
Beatriz FrazãoDaniela Resende BorgesRegular
Alexandre JorgeAlexandre PaivaRegular
Madalena AlmeidaCátia SousaRegular
Miguel Monteiro Carlos Manuel Fontes PaivaGuest

Related Research Articles

Hospital Central is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco network in Spain, and cable/satellite channel Factoría de Ficción reruns them a couple of weeks later. Another cable/satellite channel, AXN, reruns the old episodes.

<i>Corazones al límite</i> Mexican television series

Corazones al límite is a Mexican telenovela produced by Roberto Hernández Vázquez for Televisa in 2004.

<i>El Retorno de Walpurgis</i> 1973 Spanish film

El Retorno de Walpurgis is a 1973 Mexican-Spanish co-production horror film that is the seventh in a twelve-film series about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky, played by Paul Naschy. This film ignored the events in all of the earlier Wolf Man films and began an entirely new origin for el Hombre Lobo, which is strange because the film's Spanish title The Return of Walpurgis seems to tie it in with Naschy's earlier 1970 film Walpurgis Night. The Wolf Man makeup was done by Fernando Florido. The film was shot in June 1973, and by September, it was already in theaters in Spain, as El Retorno de Walpurgis. It wasn't released theatrically in the U.S. however until 1976, as Curse of the Devil.

<i>Destilando Amor</i> Mexican telenovela

Destilando Amor is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2007. It is a remake of the 1994 Colombian telenovela Café, con aroma de mujer.

<i>El Internado</i> Spanish TV series or program

El Internado, also known as El Internado: Laguna Negra is a Spanish teen drama thriller television series produced by Globomedia for the Spanish network Antena 3. The series was originally broadcast in Spain from 24 May 2007 to 13 October 2010. The series began airing on Netflix on 15 July 2015, and it stopped airing on 20 December 2017. Then, the series was reaired on 16 October 2018.

Verano del '98 is an Argentine telenovela intended for teenagers, broadcast by Telefe from January 26, 1998 until November 24, 2000. Allegedly planned as way to cover a programming gap for the summer of 1998, it became such a hit that it ended lasting three consecutive seasons. After the series aired Telefe came under fire as it became apparent that Verano del '98 was a thinly veiled copy of the popular American teen drama Dawson's Creek, which also started airing around the same time. Gustavo Yankelevich, Telefe's chief artistic director, admitted having attended an early screening of Dawson's Creek in 1997 but thought Sony had lost interest in the project and decided to use it as inspiration when developing Verano del '98. Sony and Telefe settled out of court.

<i>Los Serrano</i> Spanish TV series or program

Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on 22 April 2003 and aired on Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid. It was produced by Globomedia for Telecinco.

<i>El noveno mandamiento</i> Mexican telenovela

El noveno mandamiento is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for Televisa in 2001.

<i>Física o Química</i> Spanish TV series or program

Física o Química is a Spanish drama television series produced by Ida y Vuelta Producciones for Antena 3 that was originally broadcast from 4 February 2008 to 13 June 2011. In this series they talked about topics such as: drug abuse, suicide, racism, domestic violence, rape, sex, virginity, pregnancy, homosexuality, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, cheating, forced marriage, same-sex marriage, adoption, cancer, lack of self-confidence, death, homophobia, xenophobia, prostitution, unprotected sex and forbidden love.

<i>Gotita de amor</i> Television series

Gotita de amor is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 1998. Is a remake of 1978 Brazilian telenovela Pingo de gente.

Lua Vermelha is a Portuguese teen television series about vampires that aired on SIC. Produced in partnership with SP TV, Lua Vermelha premiered on January 31, 2010, airing on the weekends at 9:00 p.m. The series finale aired on May 27, 2012.

Doce Tentação is a Portuguese telenovela that started airing on TVI on 8 January 2012 and stopped broadcasting on March 9, 2013. This telenovela was authored by Sandra Santos, from Casa da Criação, a group of soap opera/series authors of Plural Entertainment. The slogan of this telenovela is "Love that bears fruit, sows envy!". The protagonists are Mariana Monteiro, Diogo Amaral, Pedro Barroso and Sofia Ribeiro.

<i>The Third Eye</i> (1966 film) 1966 film

The Third Eye is a 1966 Italian horror film. It was directed by Mino Guerrini and stars Franco Nero, Gioia Pascal and Erika Blanc. A young count, who lives with his domineering, jealous mother, begins on a downward spiral into madness after his fiancée dies in a car accident. This was one of Franco Nero's earliest films, before he achieved stardom in the spaghetti western genre. Erika Blanc plays a dual role in the film, portraying both the Count's dead fiancée Laura, as well as Laura's twin sister Daniela.

<i>A Wolf at the Door</i> (film) 2013 film directed by Fernando Coimbra

A Wolf at the Door is a 2013 Brazilian drama thriller film written and directed by Fernando Coimbra. The film follows the story of Sylvia and Bernardo, the parents of a kidnapped girl, and Rosa, Bernardo's lover, who is suspected for the kidnapping. The film was based on a real life crime that occurred in the 60s where a woman called Neyde Maria Maia Lopes kidnapped and killed 4-year- old Tania Maria Coelho de Araujo ("Taninha"). It received the Horizontes Latinos award at the 61st edition of the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

O Casarão is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 7 June 1976 and ended on 10 December 1976, with a total of 168 episodes. It's the seventeenth "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is created and written by Lauro César Muniz and directed by Daniel Filho and Jardel Mello.

<i>Jogo Duplo</i> Portuguese TV series or program

Jogo Duplo is Portuguese telenovela broadcast and produced by TVI. It was written by Artur Ribeiro. The telenovela premiered on December 4, 2017 and ended on November 18, 2018. It is recorded between Portugal, China (Macau) and Asia (Vietnam).

Acacias 38 is a Spanish soap opera television series produced by Boomerang TV for Televisión Española (TVE) that originally aired on La1 from 2 April 2015 to 13 May 2021. The fiction is set in building 38 Acacias Street, in Madrid. The start of the series was set in 1899. By the fifth season, it was set in 1913. The seventh season took a 5-year time leap to 1920.

<i>Good Manners</i> (2017 film) 2017 film directed by Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas

Good Manners is a 2017 dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, starring Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano, Miguel Lobo and Cida Moreira.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlota Olcina</span> Spanish actress

Carlota Olcina is a Spanish actress known for her participation in several television series including El cor de la ciutat, Amar en tiempos revueltos and Merlí.

References