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'A Escrava Isaura' (''Isaura the Slave Girl'') is a 2004 Brazilian telenovela based on ''A Escrava Isaura'', an 1875 abolitionist romance novel by Bernardo Guimarães. The series tells the story of a coffee-plantation owner's passion for one of his slaves. Herval Rossano directed both this and the 1976 version.
Rede Record, run by televangelist Edir Macedo[1], produced this expanded remake of a ‎serial that aired in 1976 on Rede Globo. The series drew high ratings among Brazilian viewers and was expanded from 100 to 167 episodes.[2] It has been syndicated worldwide. It airs in Europe and the Middle East on Zone Romantica.

Contents

Story

Telemundo

International

Cast

External Links

Story

This melodrama focuses on the conflict between the beautiful light-skinned slave girl Isaura (Bianca Rinaldi) and her cruel, lecherous master Leoncio (Pacheco) in 19th Century Brazil. The heroine is the child of a white father and a mulatto mother. She is born and raised on the coffee plantation of Commander Almeida (Rubens de Falco). When Juliana, Isaura's mother (Valquiria Ribeiro), dies shortly after giving birth, Gertrudes (Norma Blum), the Commander's wife, treats the child as her own daughter, giving her an education and fine manners.[3]
Isaura is also devoutly religious; she prays often, avoids the witchcraft practiced by some other slaves and often wears a prominent cross around her neck. Her father, a free laborer, repeatedly begs for the girl’s freedom and makes offer after offer to buy her from the Commander. Despite promises to set her free one day, every offer is rejected. Isaura remains a slave because she is a slave's daughter -- and freedom always seems to be just beyond her reach. When Commander realizes his fault, it is too late.[4]
In 1854, when Isaura is a young adult, the Commander’s stupid, degenerate son Leôncio returns to the fazenda after piling up enormous debts. He soon marries Malvina (Ribeiro), daughter of Colonel Sebastiao (Paulo Figueiredo). Nevertheless, he develops a dangerous fixation with Isaura and determines to make her his mistress.[5]
The Commander and Gertrudes protect Isaura from Leôncio for a while, but they both become ill and pass away before setting her free. The sweet young woman winds up at the mercy of an obsessed, depraved man, fighting to maintain her dignity and integrity. As Isaura desperately struggles to keep her dreams alive, she discovers true love for the first time.[6]

Telemundo

Telemundo started airing the serial as ''La Esclava Isaura'' (dubbed into Mexican Spanish) in the US on May 7, 2007. It will temporarily air for two hours per night from 9 to 11 p.m. (ET/PT) from July 24 until August 3, 2007.[7]
The finale is expected around November 30, 2007.
In June, 2007, ''Isaura's'' time slot (which included one soccer preemption) averaged 680,000 core adult viewers (ages 18 to 49). That was a 16 percent increase over the year before, when Decisiones aired during that hour, according to Nielsen Media Research.[8]
Isaura's Spanish voice is Liliana Barba, who also speaks ''en español'' as Lizzie McGuire and as Julie Mayer in ''Desperate Housewives''.

International

Serial aired in: Country/ TV Channel/ Airing dates

★ Argentina - Telefe March 6,2006 - November 21, 2006

★ Chile - Chilevision January 2, 2006 - July 11, 2006

★ Portugal - RTP 1 September 5, 2005 - April 28, 2006

★ Peru - ATV April 24, 2006 -

★ Ecuador - Ecuavisa July 17, 2006 -

★ Costa Rica - Canal 6 (Channel 6)

★ Dominican Republic - Tele Antillas (Channel 2)

★ Panama - Blue 7

Cast

''Spanish voices in parentheses''

Bianca Rinaldi (Liliana Barba) .... Isaura dos Anjos, the slave girl

Leopoldo Pacheco (Mario Castañeda).... Leôncio Almeida, the commander's evil son who is obsessed with Isaura

Maria Ribeiro (Circe Luna) .... Malvina, Leôncio's jealous wife

Jackson Antunes (Gerardo Reyero) .... Miguel, Isaura's father

Rubens de Falco (Jorge Roig) .... Almeida, the commander

Norma Blum (Magda Giner) .... Gertrudes, the commander's wife

Theo Becker (José Antonio Macías) .... Álvaro Medonça, the suitor

Paulo Figueiredo (Alfonso Ramírez) .... Col. Sebastião Cunha, Malvina's father

Valquiria Ribeiro (Sylvia Garcel) .... Juliana, Isaura's mother

Mayara Magri (Laura Torres)... Countess Tomásia Albuquerque, Leôncio's major enemy

Patrícia França (Rebeca Gómez & Patricia Anides)... Rosa, illegimate daughter of Col. Sebastião (later becomes her father's slave), Leôncio's slave that is jealous of Isaura

Déo Garcez (Roberto Mendiola)... André, Leôncio's slave, in love with Isaura

Míriam Mehler (Rocío Garcel)... Gioconda, Tomasia's mother

Ewerton De Castro (Carlos Del Campo)... Belchior, humped ugly gardener in Leôncio's house, in love with Isaura

Jonas Mello (Armando Réndiz)... Francisco (Seu Chico), Leoncio's foreman

Fernanda Nobre (Leyla Rangel)... Helena, Malvina's sister

Lugui Palhares (Rene García)... Diogo, Tomasia's cousin

André Fusko (Ricando Mendoza)... Gabriel, Tomasia's brother

Gabriel Gracindo (Alfonso Obregón)... Henrique, Malvina's brother

Paula Lobo Antunes (Laura Ayala)... Aurora, Sebastião's second cousin

Silvia Bandeira (Mónica Manjarrez)... Perpétua, Álvaro's mother

Renata Dominguez (María Fernanda Morales)... Branca, Geraldo's sister in love with Álvaro

Aldine Müller (Rebeca Manríquez)... Estela, Perpétua's friend

Ivan De Almeida (José Luis Orozco)... João, André's father

Chica Lopes (Sylvia Garcel)... Joaquina, André's uncle

Christovam Neto (Octavio Rojas)... Bernardo, Tomasia's freed slave

Bárbara Garcia (Mayra Arellano)... Lipanesa (Moleca), Bernardo's love

Fábio Junqueira (Jorge Santos)... Dr. Paulo Pereira, Helena's arranged husband

Caio Junqueira ... Geraldo Villela, Estela's son, Álvaro's friend

Cláudio Curi (Alejandro Mayen)... Cap. Martinho, Slave hunter

Rômulo Delduque (Jorge Ornelas)... Raimundo, Leoncio's man

Rodrigo Zanardi (José Luis Reza)... Aloíso Guimarães, sergeant

Maria Cláudia (Alejandra de la Rosa)... Serafina, owner of a bar

Lígia Fagundes (Isabel Martiñon)... Flor-de-Lís, prostitute

Thaís Lima (Mónica Villaseñor)... Margarida, prostitute

Daniela Duarte (Gabriela Gómez)... Violeta, prostitute

External Links

★ Zone Romantica official site (English)

★ Telemundo official site (Spanish)

★ Doblaje en Español - Spanish voice cast list

★ Telenovela World (bilingual)

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