Roque Santeiro

Name: Roque Santeiro
Genre: Soap, Comedy, Drama
Rating: 8.8

★ 8.8 (27 votes)

1985📺 1 Season🎞 209 Episodes⏱ 45m / epTV Series

Soap Comedy Drama

In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.

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First Aired

1985-06-24

Status

Ended

Network

TV Globo

Seasons

Season 1

209 eps

Season 1 Episodes

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E1. Chapter 1

Asa Branca is getting a statue of Roque Santeiro seventeen years after the hero saved the city. Dona Mocinha complains that the statue doesn't resemble Roque, her ex-fiancé.

E2. Chapter 2

Gerson gets angry at Roque's widow's attitude and tries to file a complaint against her with the police. Mocinha tells Dona Pombinha that she will never marry and will die single.

E3. Chapter 3 (Part 1)

Pombinha and Mocinha confront Matilde about the opening of the nightclub, but the dancers stand up to them. Sinhozinho Malta visits the widow Porcina, but she pretends to be ill.

E4. Chapter 3 (Part 2)

The film crew meets Roque Santeiro's father and brother. The widow, Porcina, seeks out the film's director to discuss the script.

E5. Chapter 4

Porcina orders Gerson to remove Mocinha's scene from the script. Mocinha calls Roberto Mathias for a chat and discovers that he will be playing Roque Santeiro in the film.

E6. Chapter 5

Mocinha tries on her wedding dress. At the unveiling of the statue, Mocinha and Widow Porcina have a heated argument, each saying that the other should not be the one being honored.