Em Família (TV series)

{{Infobox television

| alt_name = Helena's Shadow

| image = Em Família on Veja Magazine.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster to promote the premiere of the telenovela.

| genre = Drama

| creator = Manoel Carlos

| theme_music_composer = Vinícius de Moraes and Tom Jobim

| opentheme = "Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar" by Ana Carolina

| country = Brazil

| language = Portuguese

| num_episodes = 143
75 (International Version)

| director = Jayme Monjardim
Leonardo Nogueira

| starring =

| location = Brazil

| camera = Multiple-camera setup

| runtime = 70 minutes

| network = TV Globo

| related = {{Plainlist|

Amor à Vida
Império

}}

| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2014|2|3}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|2014|7|18}}

}}

Em Família (In the Family; official title Helena's Shadow) is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created by Manoel Carlos and produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 3 February 2014, replacing Amor à Vida and ended 18 July 2014, replaced by Império.

Julia Lemmertz, Bruna Marquezine and Humberto Martins star as the protagonists, while Vivianne Pasmanter and Gabriel Braga Nunes star as the antagonists.

According to Ibope, the average was 29.63 (30) points - the lowest rated 9PM telenovela of all time.[http://kogut.oglobo.globo.com/noticias-da-tv/audiencia/noticia/2014/07/em-familia-termina-com-41-pontos-no-rio-e-37-em-sao-paulo.html 'Em família' termina com 41 pontos no Rio e 37 em São Paulo][http://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/audiencias/o-rebu-perde-44-em-uma-semana-mas-cai-menos-do-que-saramandaia-4185 O Rebu perde 44% em uma semana, mas cai menos do que Saramandaia][http://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/2014/07/1489307-em-familia-termina-com-pior-desempenho-de-uma-trama-das-21h-da-globo.shtml 'Em Família' termina com pior desempenho de uma trama das 21h da Globo]

Plot

Tells the story of two cousins, Helena (Julia Lemmertz) and Laerte (Gabriel Braga Nunes), who grow up united by two strong ties: family and love. Laerte is a musician who is in love with his cousin, but consumed by an obsessive jealousy, especially of his friend Virgílio (Humberto Martins), who has always fostered a platonic love for Helena. Helena herself has a strong personality and has never accepted the possessive side of her problematic boyfriend, although she keeps teasing him.

On the night before his marriage to Helena, Laerte argues with Virgílio and strikes him across the face. Taking his rival for dead, Laerte quickly buries the body to hide the evidence. But Virgílio survived the blow and Laerte is taken prisoner at the altar. After he serves his sentence of one year, Laerte moves to Europe and loses contact with the woman who was almost his wife.

Twenty years after the tragedy that tore him away from his cousin, Laerte, now a successful musician, sees a young girl in the audience at one of his concerts, who looks just like his long lost love. It is Luiza (Bruna Marquezine), the daughter of Helena, and Laerte’s rival, Virgílio, who still bears the scar on his face and on his soul from that fateful day.

Back in Brazil, Laerte sees Luiza again and, to Helena’s deep despair, becomes romantically involved with her. She is now married to Virgílio and she sees history repeat itself with her daughter’s love affair. Dormant feelings resurface and affect both her marriage and her relationship with her daughter. Defying everyone, Laerte and Luiza decide to stay together—a decision that causes conflict and turmoil all around them.

Cast

File:Julia Lemmertz.jpg as Helena.]]

File:Bruna Marquezine.jpg as Helena / Luiza.]]

File:Gabriel Braga Nunes (direita).jpg as Laerte.]]

File:The actress Giovanna Antonelli.jpg as Clara.]]

class="wikitable sortable" ! Actor/Actress[https://web.archive.org/web/20140111060651/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/emfamiliaq.asp Em Família – Teledramaturgia] !! Role !! Phase
Júlia Lemmertz	rowspan="3"\| Helena Fernandes Machado	3rd
Bruna Marquezine	2nd
Julia Dalavia	1st
Gabriel Braga Nunes	rowspan="3"\| Laerte Fernandes	3rd
Guilherme Leicam	2nd
Eike Duarte	1st
Humberto Martins	rowspan="3"\| Virgilio Machado	3rd
Nando Rodrigues	2nd
Arthur Aguiar	1st
Vivianne Pasmanter	rowspan="3"\| Shirley Soares	3rd
Alice Wegmann	2nd
Giovanna Rispoli	1st
Bruna Marquezine	Luiza Fernandes Machado	3rd
Natália do Vale	rowspan="2"\| Francisca Fernandes (Chica)	3rd
Juliana Araripe	1st and 2nd
Giovanna Antonelli	rowspan="3"\| Clara Fernandes de Santos	3rd
Karize Brum	2nd
Luana Marquezine	1st
Vanessa Gerbelli	rowspan="2"\| Juliana Proença	3rd
Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha	1st and 2nd
Ana Beatriz Nogueira	rowspan="2"\| Selma Proença Fernandes	3rd
Camila Raffanti	1st and 2nd
Reynaldo Gianecchini	Carlos Eduardo (Cadu)
Helena Ranaldi	Veronica
Herson Capri	Ricardo
Bianca Rinaldi	Silvia
Paulo José	Benjamim Machado
Ângela Vieira	Branca
Bruno Gissoni	Andre Machado
Oscar Magrini	Ramiro Fernandes
Thiago Mendonça	rowspan="3"\| Felipe Fernandes	3rd
Guilherme Prates	2nd
Vinni Mazzola	1st
Leonardo Medeiros	Fernando Nando
Tainá Müller	Marina Meirelles
Miguel Thiré	Gabriel
Betty Gofman	Miss Lauren
Maria Eduarda de Carvalho	Vanessa
Nelson Baskerville	Itamar Fernandes
Poliana Aleixo	Barbara Soares Fernandes
Ronny Kriwat	Leto Soares Fernandes
Manu Gavassi	Paula
Cláudia Assunção	Mafalda Soares
Monique Curi	Telma
Rafael Tombini	Leandro
Carla Cristina	Neidinha Machado
Erika Januza	Alice Machado
Sacha Bali	Murilo
Marcello Melo Jr.	Jairo Machado
Antônio Petrin	Viriato Soares
Roberta Almeida	Sandra
Silvia Quadros	Isolda
Cláudia Mauro	rowspan="2"\| Ana	3rd
Camilla Camargo	2nd
Lica Oliveira	Dulce
Agatha Moreira	Gisele
Wilson Rabelo	Batista
Carol Macedo	Gorete
Jéssika Alves	Guiomar
Maria Pompeu	Amelia
Tânia Toko	Rosa
Ju Colombo	Ceiça
Vitor Figueiredo	Ivan
Luiza Moraes	Flavinha
Nicole Evangeline	Lais
Cyria Coentro	Maria
Rafael Zulu	Luis
Henrique Schafer	Viriato

Ratings

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{{center\|Mondays{{mdash}}Saturdays 9:15pm}} ! 143 \| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"\|{{center\|3 February 2014}} ! 35 \| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"\| 18 July 2014 ! 37 ! #1 ! style="font-size:smaller"\|2014–15 ! style="background:#fc9;"\|29.63[http://gabrielfarac.blogspot.com.br/2014/02/em-familia-audiencia-detalhada.html Em Família – Audiência Detalhada]

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! colspan=2|Premiere

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! 143

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|3 February 2014}}

! 35

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18 July 2014

! 37

! #1

! style="font-size:smaller"|2014–15

! style="background:#fc9;"|29.63[http://gabrielfarac.blogspot.com.br/2014/02/em-familia-audiencia-detalhada.html Em Família – Audiência Detalhada]

Awards and nominations

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! Year !! Award !! Category !! Nominated !! Result

rowspan="8"| 2014

|rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;" |Prêmio Contigo! de TV

|{{center|Best Telenovela of the Year}}

|{{center|Manoel Carlos}}

|{{nom}}

|{{center|Bruna Marquezine}}

|{{nom}}

|{{center|Reynaldo Gianecchini}}

|{{nom}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Best Supporting Actress

|{{center|Giovanna Antonelli}}

|{{nom}}

|{{center|Vitor Figueiredo}}

|{{nom}}

|{{center|Manoel Carlos}}

|{{nom}}

|{{center|Jayme Monjardim and Leonardo Nogueira}}

|{{nom}}

International Broadcasting

Globo distributed Em Família for 3 countries to date, with 75 chapters - almost half the original.{{cite news | url=http://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/2015/01/1572533-globo-corta-em-familia-pela-metade-para-vender-para-o-exterior.shtml | title=Globo corta 'Em Família' pela metade para vender para o exterior | language=pt | publisher=F5 | date=9 January 2015 | access-date=22 November 2017 }}

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