| A Favorita La Favorita |
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The logo of A Favorita. |
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | João Emanuel Carneiro |
| Starring | Patrícia Pillar Cláudia Raia Murilo Benício Mariana Ximenes Deborah Secco Taís Araújo Carmo Dalla Vecchia Cauã Reymond Thiago Rodrigues and big cast |
| Theme music composer | Bajofondo |
| Opening theme | "Pa' Bailar" |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Language(s) | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 197 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Globo Projac |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 50-80 mins. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Rede Globo |
| Picture format | (HDTV) 1080i - 16:9 (SDTV) 480i - 4:3 |
| Original run | June 2, 2008 – January 16, 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Duas Caras |
| Followed by | Caminho das Índias |
| External links | |
| Website | |
A Favorita (English: The Favorite One) was a popular and award-winning telenovela, first broadcast in Brazil at Rede Globo from June 2, 2008 to January 17, 2009. During its broadcast, it ranked within the top of the most watched shows in Brazil.This telenovela was sold to 24 countries around the world.
A Favorita storylines examine two friends, Donatela and Flora, who became rivals. One of them committed a crime and is lying, there are two versions for the same story.
The series was originally screened as six episodes per week, from Monday to Saturday, with an average running time of one hour. It was Brazil's highest-rated program, often appearing at the top of the daily's IBOPE ratings. The average audience share for an episode was often between 50 and 60%. Created by writer João Emanuel Carneiro, A Favorita has remained significant in terms of Globo's success and audience share, and also in Brazilian television drama history, tackling many controversial and taboo issues previously unseen on mainstream television in Brazil.
It made history for being the first telenovela where the public did not know who was the villain and who was telling the truth.
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Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?
Donatela and Flora grew up together. Donatela lost her parents in an accident and ended up being adopted by Flora's family. By the time they were children, the two girls were best friends to the point of starting a country band, “Faísca e Espoleta” (Flash and Fusee). The partnership made a reasonable success at the time, but the career was interrupted after they met friends Marcelo and Dodi, to whom they became engaged. Donatela married Marcelo, Gonçalo Fontini's son, heir of a paper and cellulose corporation, while Flora married Dodi, an unscrupulous man who worked for his friend's father.
However, Donatela and Marcelo's happiness didn't last too long. The couple's first son, Matheus, was kidnapped when he was six months old, never to appear again. Since then the couple started to argue very often. In the meantime, Flora and Dodi split up and she had an affair with Marcelo. She gave birth to Lara, daughter to Marcelo, harming even more his relationship with Donatela and mostly the relationship between the two friends.
In the worst period of the crisis between Donatela and Flora, Marcelo was murdered. He was shot three times with a gun that, according to witnesses, was in Flora's possession. She was arrested and sent to jail for eighteen years. Donatela, despite of not forgiving Flora for the treason and for killing the love of her life, raised Lara with the love of a true mother.
Eighteen years later, after being released from prison, Flora starts trying to prove her innocence, blaming Donatela for the crime she has already paid for. Donatela fears that Flora may want to take her beloved daughter Lara away. Lara becomes the target of the dispute between the two women, who were once friends. While Flora tries to get her daughter back, Donatela will do everything she can to stop her.
| Actor | Character |
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| Patrícia Pillar | Flora Pereira da Silva, main villain |
| Claudia Raia | Donatela Fontini, Main heroine |
| Mariana Ximenes | Lara Pereira Fontini, Main heroine |
| Deborah Secco | Maria do Céu / Pâmela Queiroz |
| Murilo Benício | Dodi (Eduardo Gentil) accomplice of Flora, villain |
| Carmo Dalla Vecchia | Zé Bob (José Roberto Duarte) |
| Cauã Reymond | Halley Gonzaga da Silva / Mateus Fontini |
| Thiago Rodrigues | Cassiano Copola Mendonça |
| Taís Araújo | Alícia Rosa |
| Ângela Vieira | Arlete |
| Christine Fernandes | Rita Porto |
| Chico Diaz | Átila Mendonça |
| Cláudia Ohana | Cida Copola (Maria Aparecida Marelo Copola) |
| Elizângela | Cilene (Jucilene Maria Gonzaga) |
| Genézio de Barros | Pedro Pereira da Silva |
| Iran Malfitano | Orlandinho (Orlando Queiroz) |
| Leonardo Medeiros | Elias Filho |
| Mário Gomes | Gurgel (Francisco Gurgel) |
| Paula Burlamaqui | Stela |
| Suzana Faini | Iolanda Marelo Copola |
| Rosi Campos | Tuca (Tereza) |
| Alexandre Schumacher | Norton |
| Aramis Trindade | Clemente |
| Malvino Salvador | Damião |
| Bel Kutner | Amelinha (Amélia Mendonça Gurgel) |
| Clarice Falcão | Mariana Copola Monteiro |
| Emanuelle Araújo | Manu (Manuela Ferreira) girlfriend of Dodi, villain |
| Fabrício Boliveira | Didu (Eduardo Rosa) |
| Gisele Fróes | Lorena Copola Mendonça |
| Giovanna Ewbank | Sharon (Maria do Perpétuo Socorro) |
| Graziella Schmidtt | Tina |
| Jackson Antunes | Leonardo Monteiro (Léo) |
| Jean Pierre Noher | Pepe Molinos |
| Miguel Rômulo | Shiva Lênin Costa |
| Rui Resende | Pereira |
| Selma Egrei | Dulce Porto |
| Raquel Galvão | Melissa |
| Roberta Gualda | Greice Ferreira da Silva |
| Thiaré Maia | Luma |
| Alexandre Nero | Vanderlei |
| Luiz Bacelli | Darcy Queiroz |
| Cleide Queiroz | Antônia |
| Eduardo Mello | Domênico Copola Monteiro |
| Hanna Romanazzi | Camila Porto |
| Renan Mayer | Tiago Mendonça Gurgel |
| Sofia Terra | Carolina Mendonça Gurgel |
| Nelson Xavier | Edivaldo Ferreira da Silva |
| Helena Ranaldi | Dedina |
| Suely Franco | Geralda Queiroz |
| Juliana Paes | Maíra (dropped from the cast to act in Glória Perez's Caminho das Indias) |
| Ary Fontoura | Silveirinha accomplice of Flora, villain |
| Mauro Mendonça | Gonçalo Fontini |
| Milton Gonçalves | Romildo Rosa |
| Lilia Cabral | Catarina Copola Monteiro |
| Giulia Gam | Diva Palhares (Rosana Costa/Kato /Miranda) |
| José Mayer as "Augusto César" |
| Glória Menezes as "Irene" |
| Tarcísio Meira as "Copola" |
A Favorita has released three official soundtrack albums: one composed mostly of Brazilian songs (Nacional - "national" soundtrack), one mostly of international songs (Internacional), and a third one, with sertanejo music (a kind of Brazilian country music).
| Preceded by Duas Caras (2007-2008) |
A Favorita June 2, 2008—January 17, 2009 |
Succeeded by Caminho das Índias (2009) |