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Cúmplices de um Resgate is a Brazilian children's musical telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from August 3, 2015, to December 13, 2016. It is a remake of the Mexican telenovela Cómplices al rescate (2002), created by Rosy Ocampo. Adapted by Íris Abravanel, with direction by Reynaldo Boury, the telenovela stars Larissa Manoela, João Guilherme, Duda Nagle, and Juliana Baroni. The story follows Manuela and Isabela, twin sisters separated at birth who grow up in very different worlds. Manuela is a sweet and talented girl raised in a small town, while Isabela is a wealthy and spoiled young woman living in the city. After discovering each other's existence, they decide to switch places to uncover the truth about their past and face family secrets, conflicts, and challenges. Along the way, they find friendship, love, and the importance of family.

The hypochondriac lawyer Arthur, the model Maria, the religious Elizabeth, the hardworking Guinevere, and the womanizing personal trainer Lancelotti reunite after 25 years in the fictional town of Deus me Livre, in the interior of São Paulo. Determined to correct past mistakes and start their lives anew, they end up rekindling old flames. This is the main plot of Pé na Jaca, which, starting with the reunion of the five childhood friends, shows a frantic hunt for fortune, seasoned with hilarious romantic entanglements.

The story begins in 1951 in Kubanacan, a small Caribbean island country known as a"banana republic", both for its prime export and its economic problems. After the death of the current president, General Carlos Camacho imposes a coup d'état and establishes a dictatorial regime. In addition, the new ruler marries the wife of her predecessor, Mercedes, first lady loved by the people for her help to the poor and with whom she had an affair for years. In the village of Santiago, a mysterious man falls from the sky during a storm with a chest shot, being saved by the fishermen and cared for by Marisol. Without memory, Esteban falls in love with the girl and disputes his heart with her husband, Enrico, who leaves and lets his ex-wife live with the new love, who takes over her two children. Seven years later, in 1958, Marisol meets Camacho, who convinces her to leave and live as his mistress, claiming she would never get out of poverty in the village.

Set in the 18th and 19th centuries, the miniseries draws on historical events to portray the behind-the-scenes story of Brazil's independence, blending humor and adventure.