Cara e Coragem is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo, that aired from 30 May 2022 to 13 January 2023. The telenovela is created by Claudia Souto and co-written with Isadora Wilkinson, Julia Laks, Wendell Bendelack, and Zé Dassilva. It stars Paolla Oliveira, Marcelo Serrado, and Taís Araújo.
In 2023, the show was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela.
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Plot
Siderúrgica Gusmão develops a secret formula based on magnesium that becomes the target of Leonardo, brother of the company's director, Clarice Gusmão. Stunt performers Pat and Moa are hired by Clarice to find Jonathan Azevedo's formula, and they see in the challenge a chance to keep their financial situations healthy, guaranteed by their work on film sets. Pat is married and the mother of two children, while Moa has been a single father since his separation from Rebeca. Both have a reciprocal passion for each other, but they don't admit their feelings.
Pat and Moa locate the briefcase containing the formula in a cave in a remote forest, but then find out that Clarice has been murdered, and start an investigation to find out who is behind the mysterious crime. They are joined by Italo, Clarice's former security guard with whom she had a relationship, and Rico, one of the partners at the Coragem.com stunt agency. In the search for clues they end up meeting Anita, Clarice's doppelganger.
Cast
Paolla Oliveira as Patrícia "Pat" Lima
Marcelo Serrado as Moacyr "Moa" Figueira
Taís Araújo as Clarice Gusmão and Anita Lopes
Paulo Lessa as Ítalo Santana
Ícaro Silva as Leonardo Gusmão
Ricardo Pereira as Danilo Bosco
Mel Lisboa as Regina Costa Gusmão
Carmo Dalla Vecchia as Alfredo Laes
Mariana Santos as Rebeca Bosco Levi
Maria Eduarda de Carvalho as Andrea Pratini
Guilherme Weber as Jonathan Avezedo
André Luiz Frambach as Heitor Gabriel Bastos "Rico"
Vitória Bohn as Lourdes Maria "Lou"
Bruno Fagundes as Renan
Leopoldo Pacheco as João Carlos "Joca" Lima
Stella Maria Rodrigues as Nadir Lima
Paula Braun as Olívia Rangel
Kaysar Dadour as Kaká Bezerra
Claudia Di Moura as Martha Gusmão
Sérgio Loroza as Vinícius "Vini"
Kiko Mascarenhas as Bob Wright / Irandir Duarte
Guest stars
Othon Bastos as Deputy Peixoto
Alejandro Claveaux as Samuel Rezende Silva "Samuca"
Rafael Cardoso as Rômulo Dias
Arlete Salles as Judge
Agatha Moreira as herself
Rodrigo Simas as himself
Vanessa Giácomo as herself
Thiago Fragoso as himself
Tatá Werneck as herself
Liniker as herself
Jade Baraldo as herself
Production
In September 2019, it was reported that Claudia Souto handed over to TV Globo's management the scripts of the first episodes of the telenovela, then called Amor em Ação (Love in Action). In February 2020, Cara e Coragem was announced as the official title of the telenovela. The following month, Globo indefinitely suspended production of telenovelas due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Souto continued to deliver the scripts for the episodes of the telenovela. In December 2021, part of the cast began preparing for their roles with action stuntmen. In March, filming officially began.