Nos Tempos do Imperador (In the Emperor's Times) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It aired from 9 August 2021 to 4 February 2022. The telenovela is written by Thereza Falcão and Alessandro Marson, with the collaboration of Duba Elia, Júlio Fischer, Lalo Homrich, Mônica Sanches and Wendell Bendelack.
It stars Selton Mello, Mariana Ximenes, Gabriela Medvedovski, Michel Gomes, Alexandre Nero, Heslaine Vieira, Daphne Bozaski and Letícia Sabatella in the main roles.
The telenovela storyline addresses the late years of Dom Pedro II reign as Brazilian Emperor. Despite being received with mixed reviews in Brazil for its pro-monarchy remarks and racism scandals during the shootings, the show was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela.
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Plot
In 1856, the emperor Dom Pedro II (Selton Mello) lives a marriage of appearances with Teresa Cristina (Letícia Sabatella), with whom he was forced to marry at a young age by their parents' political alliance, having with her two daughters: Isabel (Giulia Gayoso) and Leopoldina (Bruna Griphao). Dom Pedro is in love with Countess Luísa (Mariana Ximenes), an educated woman, who fights for the abolitionist cause and for the rights of women, married to Eugênio (Thierry Tremouroux), the emperor's cousin. At the same time there are sisters Pilar (Gabriela Medvedovski) and Dolores (Daphne Bozaski): the first went to a convent after her mother's death in childhood, growing up among books and dreaming of studying medicine, while the second stayed at home to take care of her father, Colonel Eudoro (José Dumont), growing repressed and illiterate.