In the Emperor's Times

Overview

In 1856, the emperor Dom Pedro II lived a marriage of appearances with Teresa Cristina, with whom he was forced to marry at a young age by his parents' political alliance, having two daughters with her: Isabel and Leopoldina. He truly loves Countess Luisa, a cultured and time-ahead woman who fights for the abolitionist cause and women's rights, married to Eugenio, the emperor Napoleon's cousin. At the same time there are sisters Pilar and Dolores: the first went to a convent after her mother's death in childhood, growing up among books and dreaming of studying medicine - inspired by the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first doctor in the world -, while the second stayed at home to take care of her father, Colonel Eudoro, growing up repressed, illiterate and without vanity.

Cast

Selton Mello

Dom Pedro II, Imperador do Brasil

Mariana Ximenes

Luísa Margarida de Barros, Condessa de Barral

Letícia Sabatella

Teresa Cristina de Bourbon-Duas Sicílias, Imperatriz do Brasil

Gabriela Medvedovski

Maria do Pilar Cavalcanti Mendes (Pilar)

Michel Gomes

Jorge da Silva Rocha / Samuel dos Anjos

Alexandre Nero

Antônio Carlos Rocha (Tonico)