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Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.

Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy.

After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.

A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.

Twin sisters with contrasting personalities, Ruth and Raquel, rival in the fictional Pontal D'Areia, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

After making a Faustian bargain with a vampire for fame, a regretful young singer must find a sacred, lost artifact that might revert the curse.

An orphaned young man raised in the wild by an indigenous shaman is found by his grandfather and returned to his estranged family, where he finds himself as heir to their wealth.

In Greenville, some families never lose their composure. This is the case with the Mendonça and Albuquerque families, who would never allow a "noble" member of their family to become involved with a sugarcane cutter.

Seven high school friends reunite after 20 years. Memories of the past and coincidences of the present reveal the secrets and affections that bind the women and their families.

Set in 19th-century Brazil during the waning years of slavery, Escrava Isaura tells the story of Isaura, a white-skinned enslaved woman raised with the manners and education of a noble lady. Though treated with affection by her mistress, Isaura remains legally enslaved and becomes the object of obsessive desire by Leôncio Almeida, the cruel heir to the plantation. After the death of her protector, Isaura falls under Leôncio’s control. Despite his attempts to seduce and dominate her, she resists, determined to preserve her dignity and freedom. Her father, Miguel, helps her escape to Recife, where she adopts a new identity and meets Álvaro, a wealthy and principled abolitionist who falls in love with her. Leôncio eventually tracks her down, leading to dramatic confrontations. In the end, Álvaro rescues Isaura by purchasing Leôncio’s debts, securing her freedom and affirming the story’s central themes of justice, love, and resistance against oppression.

Enemies since childhood, André Spina and Ariclenes Martins became Jacques Leclair and Victor Valentim and now compete for the spotlight in the fashion world.

The soap opera portrayed the daily lives of three generations to show that there is no ideal time to love and be happy. The relationship between widower Álvaro and lawyer Bruna is shaken by the arrival of sweet Madalena in the fictional town of Nova Esperança. The young woman is hired as a housekeeper for businessman Xistus, Álvaro's father-in-law, and charms everyone.

After becoming a widower, businessman Aparício Varela takes over as president of Tecelagem Abdala and decides to win back the great love of his life, Rebeca.

The story revolves around the conflicts within Silvana and Oliva's family—her mother and paternal grandfather—who are fighting for custody of Zeca after the child's father dies.

The disappearance of Áurea Menezes Garcia sparks a fierce dispute over her business dealings. Firmino, her attorney, assumes power, but faces the greed of her children.

Diana, the Angel of Death, assigns an Emissary to retrieve Isabela from Earth. Upon meeting her, however, he becomes enchanted by the young woman and hesitates to take her.

The story follows the lives of Naná and Gegê, a pair of con artists. Gegê is the uncle of Tina Pepper, a Tina Turner fan who dreams of becoming a famous singer.

Mauricio is a former player trying to establish himself as an agent in the lucrative world of football. In his new career path, he must grapple with the ghost of his failed playing career and his troubled relationship with his father.

During the Golden Age of radio, Isa dreams of a singing career. When her uncle is arrested, she moves to Rio de Janeiro and becomes entangled in a love triangle with Hélio and Mário.

Adapted from the book by Zélia Gattai, the series portrays her family's memories, addressing, with good humor, the dreams and difficulties experienced by immigrants in São Paulo in 1920

Nick, a famous fashion model, decides to retire and goes back to her home country Brazil, after a briliant international career. She becomes the head executive of Popstar, the modeling agency where she started her career, and has to deal with intrigues, fashion faux pas and a budding online romance with Sunshine, a mysterious online friend.

The story of five generations of the Austrian-Brazilian Knieps family, from the inauguration of their family-owned Great Mystical Circus in the 1910s up to the early 21st century, following both the family and the circus from their prime through to their decadence.

Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.

Since the ban on use of animals in circus shows, the Great Sumatra Circus faces a major financial crisis. Baron, who owns the circus, accepts unseemly proposals from the mayor to hold cattle auctions, rallies and other alternative events at the circus. Unhappy with the news, circus artists come together to plan a new show and re-attract the audience, led by Didi, Dedé and Karina.

In Petrópolis in the 1950s, the group of Nei, Cabelinho, Bambolê, Laura and Carminha is excited about the arrival of the cariocas, who symbolize the highest level of modernity.

In Vitória, the middle-age piano teacher Gertrudes sublets her apartment to two younger women, the unstable Lúcia and the nurse Madalena. Gertrudes misses and daydreams her former love and has a motherhood relationship with Lúcia; Madalena has a promiscuous life, having one night stand with the most different men every day and her behavior is criticized by Gertreudes; and Lúcia is dreamer that manipulates Gertrudes and expects that the handyman Alfredo becomes her prince charming. Their conflictive relationship ends when Madalena discloses their inner feelings and secrets to each other.

Enterprising youths live many adventures when they decide to start a business specializing in making video clips for rock groups.