Império (; English: Empire) is a Brazilian primetime telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo from 21 July 2014 to 13 March 2015.
Written by Aguinaldo Silva, and directed by Rogério Gomes. Starring Alexandre Nero, Lília Cabral, Leandra Leal, Caio Blat, Andreia Horta, Daniel Rocha, Nanda Costa, Marina Ruy Barbosa, Rafael Cardoso, José Mayer, Marjorie Estiano and Drica Moraes.
The telenovela was watched daily by over than 30 million viewers per minute, a number greater than some of the NFL games on US television.
In 2015, the show was awarded with the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela at the 43rd International Emmy Awards.
Synopsis
1st phase The plot brings the male protagonist as rude heartthrob José Alfredo (Chay Suede), a boy who leaves Recife in 1989 to try life in Rio de Janeiro, and during stay in the house of his brother, Evaldo (Thiago Martins), if madly in love coined by itself, Eliane (Vanessa Giacomo), older than him. The lovers decide to flee the state capital to have a life together happily, without having more than live with the shadow of Evaldo. Each writes a letter telling what happened and combine to deliver the cuckolded husband, leaving it to him to read only when the two were already far away. Unfortunately the girl discovers to be pregnant, and Cora (Marjorie Estiano), sister Eliane poisons the girl against Jose Alfredo, who is also the brother of Josué (Alejandro Claveaux), leaving the boy to see ships in the road of this marvelous city.
Alone, José Alfredo part into the unknown and ends up being displayed in the middle of the journey, Sebastian (Reginaldo Faria), suggesting that the boy begins to work with the exploitation of precious stones. Sebastião José Alfredo then decides to take to Switzerland. On the plane, José Alfredo will meet Marta Maria (Adriana Birolli), one from traditional decadent young family, but he sees it as a chance to get your name known in high society and marries her. José Alfredo will also know the Portuguese businesswoman Maria Joaquina Braga (Regina Duarte), which will seep into the smuggling of precious stones market, means by which money appears easier and quicker than the slow and honest toil in their view. Because of the construction of its supposed empire, José Alfredo even be able to kill a man.
2nd phase
Years later, José Alfredo (Alexandre Nero) is separated from Maria Marta (Lilia Cabral), who devotes his life to demonize her ex-husband and the three children try to put to work in the Jewelry Empire project launched by José Alfredo, the millionaire left, in order that it may divert cash ex-husband, leave him bankrupt and feel vindicated. The three sons of the former couple are the cult jewelry designer Maria Clara (Andreia Horta), the ambitious José Pedro (Caio Blat), and the rebel João Lucas (Daniel Rocha). While all this happens, José Alfredo is dedicated to performing expeditions around the world and to meet with his mistress Maria Isis (Marina Ruy Barbosa), one of the interior northeast nymphets who dreams of being a model, but is designed by Mother Magnolia (Zezé Polessa) by father Severo (Tato Gabus Mendes) and brother Roberto (Romulo Neto) to take money from José Alfredo.
The fall of the empire of José Alfredo begins when a powerful pink diamond from South Africa, a symbol of status and power, disappeared on Mount Roraima. In his mystical vision, José Alfredo believes everything falls apart if he does not find your favorite gemstone and get rid of a shiny faux stayed in place. Compounding the ordeal of him, his sister's ex-lover, Cora (Drica Moraes), will reappear stating that Cristina (Leandra Leal) is his bastard daughter Eliane (Malu Galli). The scrappy girl camelódromo works in the center of Rio de Janeiro alone and creates little Victor (Adriano Alves), son of Tuane (Nanda Costa) and his brother Elivaldo (Rafael Losso). Tuane abandoned infant son with her ex-boyfriend and Cristina to go after a rich husband. An accident causes the death of two people and blamed for what happened, Elivaldo ends up being arrested. Meanwhile, Eliane gets sick and dies and debts in camelódromo only accumulate, to the despair of Cristina, who is pressured by Cora demanding their share in the inheritance of the biological father. José Alfredo, however, does not accept recognize her as a daughter, Cristina refuses to have any kind of relationship with the true family or fortune they have amassed. Marta Maria Cristina will do anything to keep away from her husband and her children, rivaling no less dangerous Cora.
Cristina is the girlfriend of simpleton lawyer Fernando (Erom Cordeiro), but their relationship is cold and loveless. Her heart stops beating stronger when she finds a love of childhood, honest Vicente (Rafael Cardoso), an excellent chef who starts working on the arrogant Enrico (Joaquim Lopes), fiancé of Maria Clara restaurant. Cristina Vicente never forgot, but the romance of the two will be setbacks obsessive jealousy of the young Fernando, which will haunt her after the breakup of the two, and also the strong interest that Maria Clara's sister Cristina, nourished by Vicente.
Enrico is the son of Claudius Bolgari (José Mayer), a renowned party organizer of Rio's high society, with quiet Beatriz (Suzy Rêgo). What nobody suspects is that Claudius is bisexual and keeps a secret romance with the passionate and naive Leonardo (Klebber Toledo), who suffers for failing to move up the career as an actor and not have their relationship recognized by Claudio. The two become infernizados by Teo Pereira (Paulo Betti), a journalist who had studied with Claudio affected in adolescence and is surprised to see him leading a heterosexual life, has always believed that his friend was gay. Teo owns a gossip blog about subcelebridades and will aim at exposing the inner life of Claudius for everyone, despite the strong homophobia Enrico shall demonstrate day after day, scaring his father.
Another prominent parallel plot involves Popular Juju (Cris Vianna), former Queen of battery of a samba school who abandoned his career to devote to family. But her husband, artist Orville (Paulo Rocha) is a dishonest forger who ends up having his schemes discovered early in the plot. With her husband in prison, Juju is forced to sell the house to pay their own attorney Carmen (Ana Carolina Dias), a temptress and evil character who cares about Orville and convinces him to abandon Juju to stick with it. When it gets out of jail, Orville goes to live in the former home of Juju side of Carmen, while the ex-queen battery is without a place to live with their young son. Already count|
Production
Zurich, Petrópolis and Carrancas (MG) served as locations for shooting scenes of the first phase of Império.Extra – Chay Suede e Adriana Birolli viajam para Zurich, na Suíça, para gravar cenas da primeira fase de 'Falso brilhante' The author of the telenovela, Aguinaldo Silva, had plans to acclimatise the telenovela in Serra Pelada. However, the station showed a series of the same name at the time, which made him change his mind. So Silva chose to use the Venezuelan part of Mount Roraima. However, since the film crews was denied, and filming ended occurring in the Brazilian part of the Mount.
Most critics specialized in television in Brazil considered "bold" the choice of the protagonist of the soap opera, Alexandre Nero. In an interview, Silva said the character was inspired by himself.
Cast
Actor/Actress CharacterAlexandre Nero Commander José Alfredo de Medeiros (Zé Alfredo)Alexandre Nero fala sobre protagonista de 'Império': não é roubar a cenaLília Cabral Maria Marta Medeiros de Mendonça e AlbuquerqueLeandra Leal Cristina dos Anjos Bastos MedeirosDrica Moraes Cora dos Anjos BastosMarjorie EstianoDaniel RochaJoão Lucas Medeiros de Mendonça e AlbuquerqueAndreia Horta Maria Clara Medeiros de Mendonça e AlbuquerqueCaio Blat José Pedro Medeiros de Mendonça e AlbuquerqueJosie PessoaEduarda Botticelli Medeiros de Mendonça e Albuquerque (Du)Marina Ruy Barbosa Maria Isis Ferreira da CostaRafael Cardoso Vicente Ferreira da SilvaJosé Mayer Cláudio Bolgari NascimentoPaulo Betti Teodoro Pereira (Téo)Carmo Dalla Vecchia Maurílio FerreiraMaria Ribeiro Danielle Falcão Medeiros de Mendonça e AlbuquerqueAilton Graça Xana Summer (Adalberto da Silva)Zezé Polessa Magnólia Ferreira da CostaTato Gabus Mendes Severo Ferreira da CostaNanda Costa Tuane da Conceição Lais Pinho NoelyJoaquim Lopes Enrico Bolgari NascimentoKlebber Toledo Leonardo de SouzaAdriana Birolli Amanda de Mendonça e AlbuquerqueMaria Marta de Mendonça e Albuquerque (1ª Fase)Suzy Rêgo Beatriz Bolgari NascimentoCris Vianna Juliane Matos (Juju Popular)Flávio Galvão Reginaldo dos SantosOthon Bastos Renato Silviano dos Santos Muniz (Silviano)Paulo Rocha Orville NetoElizângela Jurema dos SantosViviane Araújo Natália (Naná)Paulo Vilhena Domingos SalvadorDani Barros LorraineRoberto Bomfim Antônio Batista (Antoninho)Roberto Pirillo Dr. Merival PortoRômulo Neto Roberto Ferreira da Costa (Robertão)Erom Cordeiro FernandoAna Carolina Dias Carmen GodinhoRoberto Birindelli JosuéLucci Ferreira AntônioLetícia Birkheuer Érika von FurstembergRafael Losso Elivaldo dos Anjos Bastos MedeirosLidi Lisboa KellyJuliana Boller Bianca Bolgari NascimentoJonas Torres IsmaelKaren Junqueira FernandaJúlia Fajardo Helena AbrantesJúlio Machado Jairo dos SantosRavel Andrade Otoniel dos SantosAdriano Alves Victor da Conceição MedeirosKiria Malheiros Bruna FalcãoNicollas Paixão Orville JúniorJúlia Belmont StephanyLudmila Rosa KarinaPaulo Vespúcio Giancarlo BaldessariJackson Antunes ManoelElaine Mickely XêniaAndré Gonçalves EtevaldoÍtalo Guerra LuigiLaura Cardoso Jesuína FerreiraLeanddro Rocha BrigelRavel Cabral Mário Cardoso (Cardoso)Luca de Castro Jonas PodanskyRhaisa Batista LuizaAna Paula Botelho ValquíriaKelzy Ecard TeresaYago Machado LucianoRaphael Viana Arnaldo (Arnoldão)Marcelo Cavalcanti AndréNicola Siri DionísioMabel Cezar Adelaide SiqueiraIvan Capúa Wilson GreySimon Petracchi EspinozaJoão Lima Jr. Mário SérgioJúlio Levy KleberJack Berraquero WilsonLucilia de Assis ZezéWilliam Vita José CarlosEduardo Spinetti PietroHugo Esteves PatrícioLéo Wainer OmarLuciana Pacheco MarisaLuciana Malcher ClaraídeJoe Ribeiro Marcos (Marcão)José Negreiros BatistaLaercio Fonseca FelipeMárcia do Valle Isabela (Isa)Manoel Elizário EmanuelRosana Dias MadalenaMalu Galli Eliane dos Anjos Bastos MedeirosChay Suede José Alfredo Medeiros (1st phase)Vanessa Giácomo Eliane dos Anjos Bastos Medeiros (1st phase)Regina Duarte Maria Joaquina Braga (1st phase)Reginaldo Faria Sebastião Ferreira (1st phase)Thiago Martins Evaldo Medeiros (1st phase)Alejandro Claveaux Josué (1st phase)Ed Oliveira Bigode (1st phase)Romis Ferreira Renato Silviano dos Santos Muniz (Silviano) (1ª Fase)Júlia Svacinna Cristina dos Anjos Bastos Medeiros (1st phase)João Victor Salles Elivaldo dos Anjos Bastos Medeiros (1st phase)
Reception
Ratings TimeslotEpisodesPremiereFinaleRankSeasonRating average DateViewers(in points) DateViewers(in points) MondaysSaturdays9:15pm 20321 July 2014 3213 March 2015 46 #12014–1532.71 Despite the positive impact, the first chapter of Império registered 32 points in São Paulo and 34 points in Rio de Janeiro, according to Ibope, the second worst debut of a 9PM telenovela in all time, besides Babilônia. However, TV Globo had 24,6 (4x) more points than SBT, the second most-watched station.
Despite the negative debut, the second chapter scored 35 points, with a peak of 37 and 56% share, registering a nine percent growth. Em Família, its predecessor, scored 29 points in his second chapter.
During the week of 27 October7 November 2014, an estimate predicted that the telenovela was watched by about 101.7 million people in this period, registering 30 million viewers per minute, number greater than is registered by the NFL games on American television, which tend to record about 18.1 million viewers per minute.