Salve Jorge

Salve Jorge
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Glória Perez[1]
Directed by	Marcos Schechtman Fred Mayrink
Starring	Rodrigo Lombardi Nanda Costa Giovanna Antonelli Flávia Alessandra Claudia Raia Cleo Pires Domingos Montagner Dira Paes Alexandre Nero Murilo Rosa Dalton Vigh Natália do Vale Ana Beatriz Nogueira Leticia Spiller Caco Ciocler
Opening theme	"Alma de Guerreiro" by Seu Jorge
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language(s)	Portuguese
No. of episodes	Original run 179 Syndication 140
Production
Location(s)	Rio de Janeiro Istanbul[2]
Editor(s)	George Hamilton Metal Alberto Gouvea Edson Melo Rosemeire de Barros Oliveira
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30-55 minutes
Production company(s)	Projac
Release
Original network	Rede Globo
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	22 October 2012 (2012-10-22) – 17 May 2013 (2013-05-17)
Chronology
Preceded by	Avenida Brasil
Followed by	Amor à Vida
External links
Website

Salve Jorge (Literally: Hail George, International title: English: Brave Woman^{[nb 1]}) is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created by Glória Perez and directed by Marcos Schechtman.^[4]

It premiered on 22 October 2012 replacing Avenida Brasil and ended on 17 May 2013 on Rede Globo at the 9 p.m. timeslot, and being followed by Amor à Vida.^[5]

A total of 179 episodes of 55 minutes (35 minutes on Wednesdays due the 2012–2013 Football season broadcast) were produced and aired Mondays to Saturdays. However, when syndicated and sold to other countries the telenovela got the number of episodes reduced to 140 and the duration fixed at 45 minutes.

Starring Nanda Costa, Carolina Dieckmann, Rodrigo Lombardi and Giovanna Antonelli, Cláudia Raia, Flávia Alessandra, Alexandre Nero, Cléo Pires and Domingos Montagner.[ ^[6]

Plot

In Istanbul, Turkey, 18-year-old Morena (Nanda Costa) is auctioned by a group of wealthy and successful men. She ended up being sold for a U$3.500 bid. The next scene shows Morena running desperately through the streets, screaming for help. The scene flashes back to eight months earlier.

Morena is a single-mother who lives with her four-year-old son Junior (Luiz Felipe Mello) and her mom Lucimar (Dira Paes) helps her to support him. Though unemployed, she manages to garner strength and resolve in order to forge her own path.

Following the 2010 occupation of the Complexo do Alemão by the Brazilian Army, Morena meets Theo (Rodrigo Lombardi), a cavalry officer who is charmed by her spontaneity and sensuality. They fall in love, unaware that love does not conquer all.

Motivated by the prospect of a better future and facing eviction, Morena accepts a job offer to work in a coffeehouse in Istanbul for a few months. Her decision, however, not only ends her engagement to Theo, who disapproves of her trip, but leads to her being a victim of an international human trafficking ring.

Cunning Wanda (Totia Meirelles), who offered Morena what turns out to be a fictitious job, works with Livia Marini (Cláudia Raia), a sophisticated, intelligent and seemingly irreproachable woman. The truth, however, tells a different story: although she claims to be a world-renowned talent agent, Livia is in fact head of an international human trafficking organization which generates billions of dollars every year.

Upon arriving in Turkey, Morena is forced to work at a dreary nightclub where Russo (Adriano Garib), head of security and member of the ring, constantly intimidates young women by threatening to harm their families in Brazil.

Despite being held captive, Morena refuses to accept her fate and decides to fight against the crime that victimized her. Together with her ill-fated companions, she counts on the help of Police Chief Heloísa (Giovanna Antonelli) to take down the ring’s villainous scheme. On top of such difficulties, Morena also has to deal with another challenging mission: to regain Theo's love and trust. Theo still loves her but has since entered into a new romantic relationship and is determined to forget her.

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External links

• Official website (Portuguese)