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Helena's Shadow

Helena's Shadow

The past is an open wound.

20144.41 Season143 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Laerte’s obsessive jealousy brings his relationship with Helena to an end on their wedding day. Twenty years later, he meets Luiza, the daughter of his long lost love. The two fall in love and stir up dormant feelings that profoundly affect Helena’s marriage and her relationship with her daughter. Defying everyone, Laerte and Luiza decide to follow their love to the highest bounds, leaving a trail of conflicts and pain along the way.

Created by Marcelo Saback
Written by Marcelo Saback, Maria Carolina, Angela Chaves
Produced by Jayme Monjardim, Manoel Carlos, Flávio Nascimento
NetworksTV Globo

Top Cast

Júlia Lemmertz

Júlia Lemmertz

Helena Proença Fernandes Machado (Leninha)

Gabriel Braga Nunes

Gabriel Braga Nunes

Laerte Proença Fernandes

Bruna Marquezine

Bruna Marquezine

Luiza Proença Fernandes Machado

Humberto Martins

Humberto Martins

Virgílio Machado

Vivianne Pasmanter

Vivianne Pasmanter

Shirley Soares

Giovanna Antonelli

Giovanna Antonelli

Clara Proença Fernandes

Tainá Müller

Tainá Müller

Marina Meirelles

Helena Ranaldi

Helena Ranaldi

Verônica Saldanha

Reynaldo Gianecchini

Reynaldo Gianecchini

Carlos Eduardo Cunha (Cadu)

Leonardo Medeiros

Leonardo Medeiros

Fernando de Castro (Nando)

Themes & Keywords

telenoveladrama familiar

About Helena's Shadow

Helena's Shadow is a soap, drama series that first aired in 2014 exploring themes of telenovela, drama familiar. Created by Marcelo Saback, it stars Júlia Lemmertz, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Bruna Marquezine. Laerte’s obsessive jealousy brings his relationship with Helena to an end on their wedding day. Twenty years later, he meets Luiza, the daughter of his long lost love. The two fall in love and stir up dormant feelings that profoundly affect Helena’s marriage and her relationship with her daughter. Defying everyone, Laerte and Luiza decide to follow their love to the highest bounds, leaving a trail of conflicts and pain along the way.

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