Vidas em Jogo explained

Genre:Telenovela
Creator:Cristianne Fridman
Director:Alexandre Avancini
Opentheme:"É" by Gonzaguinha
Country:Brazil
Num Episodes:245
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:45 minutes
Network:Record TV

Vidas em Jogo (English: Lives at Stake, International Title: Jackpot!) is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created by Cristianne Fridman and directed by Alexandre Avancini.

The series premiered on May 3, 2011 and ended on April 9, 2012 on Rede Record at the 10 p.m. timeslot.[1] [2]

A total of 245 episodes of 45 minutes were produced. Due to the 2011 Pan American Games, Vidas em Jogo was preempted on October 14 and 30, so when first shown in Brazil, episodes 242–245 were shown as a separate 90-minute two episodes. In other countries, these final four episodes were aired separately.

Plot

A group of friends had been playing the lottery for two years ago. On New Year's Eve, when the prize has an extraordinary value, they picked the correct numbers of the lottery and they all become millionaires.

They live their dreams but they are also involved in a terrible nightmare because they made a pact: each one has a mission to accomplish within one year and only those who can accomplish their mission shall be entitled to the other half of the prize that is stored in a saving account.

The conflicts get worse when the friends that won the lottery start to die mysteriously and the winners enter in a game of life or death in which, if they don't discover who the murderer is, they may be the next victim.

Cast

Main cast

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Guilherme BerenguerFrancisco
Thaís FersozaPatricia
Leonardo VieiraErnesto
Vanessa GerbelliDivina
Julianne TrevisolRita
Betty LagoMarizete
Lucinha LinsZizi
Beth GoulartRegina
Denise Del VecchioAugusta
Marcos PitomboLucas
Amandha LeeMargarida
Simone SpoladoreAndrea
Paulo César GrandeSeverino
Ricardo PetragliaBelmiro
Cláudio HeinrichElton
André Di MauroCarlos
Bia MontezHermê
Letícia ColinJuliana
Luciana BragaFátima
Gabriela MoreyraMarialice
Sílvio GuindaneIvan
Luiz GuilhermeAdalberto
Mário GomesDr. Maurício
Sandro RochaCleber
André RamiroBetão
Felipe Martins
Nill MarcondesVinícius
Ricky TavaresWellington
Sacha BaliJorge
Marcela BarrozoCacau
Aline FanjuRoseli
Giovana FalcãoGracena
Shaila ArseneTati
Rômulo Arantes NetoRaimundo
Júlia TanusJaqueline
Tati ZigLúcia
César PezzuoliDr. Guilherme
Guilherme PratesDaniel
Adriano GaribEdimilson
Adriano PettermannValdisnei

Recurring cast

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Manoelita LustosaNelize
Cláudia AlencarAdalgisa
Sílvia BandeiraSuzana
Pedro MaltaMarcolino
Henrique Ramiro Edmundo

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vidas em Jogo estreia com sorte e mistério; veja os personagens. pt. 2011-05-03.
  2. Web site: Não perca o último capítulo de Vidas em Jogo nesta segunda-feira (9). pt. 2012-04-09.