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Writers:
Gilberto Braga (writer)
Marília Garcia (writer)
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10 May 1999 (Brazil) more
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Cast

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Malu Mader ... Ester Dellamare
Fábio Assunção ... Inácio Sobral
Reginaldo Faria ... Barão Henrique Sobral
Paulo Betti ... Higino Ventura
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cláudia Abreu ... Olívia
Helder Agostini ... Manoel
Neuza Amaral ... Anita
Giovanna Antonelli ... Violeta
Eduardo Arbex
Otávio Augusto ... Eurico Navarro
Fabiana Avelar
Luciana Azevedo ... Ivete
André Barros ... Trajano Cantuária

Augusto Bittencourt ... Figueirinha (1999)
Júlio Braga ... Sacristão
Sonia Braga ... Helena Silveira Sobral
José Augusto Branco ... Ernesto
Ana Carbatti ... Zulmira
Louise Cardoso ... Guiomar
Henrique César ... Marquês de Boaventura
Luís Chacal
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro ... Leopoldo Silveira
Samuel Costa ... Dario
Daniel Dantas ... Bartolomeu
Nelson Dantas ... Dr. Xavier
José de Abreu ... Pereira
Márcia Del Annilo ... Noêmia
Preto de Linha
Denise Del Vecchio ... Bárbara Ventura
Lineu Dias ... Auctioneer
Chico Díaz ... Clemente
Carlos Eduardo Dolabella ... Queiroz
Cosme dos Santos ... Quirino

Juan Antonio Edwards
Abrahão Farc ... Padre Olinto
Victor Fasano ... Nicolau Prado
Julia Feldens ... Juliana
Helena Fernandes ... Clara
Isabel Fillardis ... Luzia
Antônio Fragoso ... Isidoro
Flávio Galvão ... Nereu
Mariangela Giordano
Ranieri Gonzalez ... Reinaldo
Xando Graça ... Slaves's salesman
Antônio Grassi ... Vitório

Carlos Gregório ... Barcelos
Luis Guilherme ... Carrazedo
Eliane Guttman ... Laura
Kadu Karneiro ... Pedro
Mário Lago ... Teodoro

José Lewgoy ... Felício Cantuária
Carlos Machado ... Estácio
Luiz Magnelli ... Gaspar
Cláudio Mamberti ... Domingos
Nill Marcondes ... Zelito
Vinicius Marques ... Valdir
Ronnie Marruda ... Raimundo
Iaçanã Martins ... Socorro

Selton Mello ... Abelardo Sobral
Samuel Melo ... Dario
Sérgio Menezes ... Jesus
Elaine Mickelly ... Hermínia Montez
Alexandre Moreno ... Cristovão
Nelly Moreno
Otávio Muller ... Fernando
Elida Muniz ... Marta
Stepan Nercessian ... Ernani
Dira Paes ... Palmira
Ângelo Paes Leme ... Rodrigo
Jayme Periard ... Padre Oswaldo
Tereza Piffer ... Dora
Glória Portela ... Florinda
Dary Reis ... Albano
Paulo Reis ... Pastor
Marco Ricca ... Pedro Afonso
Murilo Rosa ... Eugênio Cardoso
Fábio Sabag ... Breno Rangel
Aldo Sambrell
Marcelo Serrado ... Mariano Xavier
Delma Silva ... Diva
Sônia Siqueira ... Hortência
Henrique Taxman ... Humberto
Rosita Thomaz Lopes ... Fabíola
Nathália Timberg ... Idalina Silveira
André Valli ... Lourival
Marcelo Várzea ... Ubaldo
Viviane Victorette ... Clarissa
Clemente Viscaíno ... Bustamante
Lavínia Vlasak ... Alice Ventura
Chica Xavier ... Rosália
Mariana Ximenes ... Angela
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Brazil:45 min (226 episodes)
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This novela has it all -- there's something for everyone!, 1 April 2002
Author: Fafa Demasio (fdemasio@gmail.com) from New York City

What a fun Brazilian novela (soap opera) to watch!

"Força de um Desejo" ("The Strength of Desire" which is also known as "La Fuerza del Deseo" in the U.S.) not only has a romantic theme, a requisite factor for all novelas, it is also full of action, comedy, emotion, and lots of secrets. What's more, it contains a tantalizing murder mystery!

The story begins with Inácio Sobral and Ester Delmare. Inácio is the handsome, sensitive son of a wealthy coffee baron. Ester is a beautiful, smart, worldly and older courtesan with a heart of gold. Although an unlikely pair, the two fall in love and change each other's lives. When the couple is separated by one of the most vindictive characters in the history of a novela, Ester ends up marrying another man. The problem is that her new husband is the father of her true love - an important fact that she was unaware. A love triangle is formed between the father, son, and new wife - and that is where the true story begins.

The narrative is placed against the background of a spectacular coffee fazenda (plantation) during the days of slavery in Brazil. It is at a point in time when the institution of slavery is soon approaching an end, but not quite yet. The treatment of the slaves is graphic and eye opening. The costumes and set are authentic and historically correct.

In addition to the story of Ester and Inácio, there are other stimulating characters with interrelated and absorbing storylines. You will truly love to hate the antagonists and wholeheartedly cheer for the protagonists.

The entire cast does the novela justice in the portrayal of the characters. The cast includes some of Brazil's best and popular actors - Malu Mader (Ester), Cláudia Abreu (Olivia), Fábio Assunção (Inácio), Selton Mello (Abelardo), Natália Thimberg (Idalina), Paulo Betti (Higino Ventura) and many more. Well-known actress Sonia Braga also makes a guest appearance.

The director and writer of "Força de um Desejo" make a good team. Director Carlos Araújo is responsible for all-time novela hit "O Rei do Gado" (The Cattle King) and other successful novelas as "A Muralha" (The Wall), and Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (Mrs. Flor and Her Two Husbands). Writer Gilberto Braga is known for winning novelas such as "Labirinto" (The Labyrinth), Dancin' Days and "Escrava Isaura" (Isaura the Slave).

Like icing on a cake, the music soundtrack makes "Força de um Desejo" even more delectable. The soundtrack contains music from the Orquestra de Filadélfia and Filarmônica de Viena and Brazilian musicians such as Simone, Daniela Mercury, Roger Henri and Virginia Rodrigues produce exquisite music for what has been described as an epic novela.







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