01x01 - Pobre Menina Rica

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Good evening, everyone!
It's a pleasure to be here with you.

This is a special premiere night

and our telenovela will be a blast.

And there's more.
This evening, a legend comes back.

A great artist, a generous human being,

someone capable to leave his comfort zone

and take great risk.

After devoting ten years to coaching
telenovela writers...

Why did you come?

...the creator of some
of the best telenovelas...

What do you plan on doing?

Please welcome the m*therf*cking owner,

Lauro Valente!

Thank you.

DESTINY'S
REBOUND

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

When he starts talking,
can I scream "thief"?

Please, don't.

How I missed the applause!

What are you going to do?

I don't know.

I'll decide on the way.

Where are you going?

I'd like to thank you all
for coming tonight.

Isabel!

I'd like to say I'm sure Destiny's Rebound
is the telenovela of my life.

Isabel!

A YEAR EARLIER

Good morning.

Oh my God!

-Did you sleep well?
-Yes.

I can't believe it.

-Are you late?
-Yes.

To the most important
work interview of my life.

I'm crazy in love with you, you know?

You're delicious too.

Let's have a quick coffee?

You don't believe me, do you?

I'd marry you now if you wanted.

Do you often propose
after the first night?

It was love at first sight.

Let's go.

-I want to see you again.
-Okay.

-Let's set a date?
-Sure.

-When?
-In one or two years.

PLAYWRITING

Welcome to Lenz studios.

-Thank you.
-Upstairs, room one.

I read your telenovela.

-It's a good title.
-Right?

It's very good.
"It's impossible to be happy alone."

"Is it impossible to be happy alone?"

-It's a question.
-Is it impossible?

It's like a provocation.

Is it impossible to be happy alone?

It's beautiful, without the question mark.

You didn't like it, but okay.
I'll think of something else.

No, I loved it. It's just a detail,
a question mark, no big deal.

-You want to take the gorilla out.
-The gorilla?

You don't know the story?

Two filmmakers try to sell
a film project to an executive.

He finds the story amazing
and decides to finance it.

He only asks to take the gorilla out.

The movie is King Kong.

And I'm that clueless executive?

I love your story, there's only one thing.

Will the audience root
for a couple in love

that marry other people out of interest?

Everyone does that.

May it be money, sex or love.

But it's a big risk.

You can't write anything original
without taking big risks.

I used to think so.

You literally said that in a interview.

Maybe when I used to write novellas.

Nowadays I'm paid to spot big risks
in other people's novellas.

That doesn't sound fun.

Maybe that's why it's well paid.

When I wrote The Ball,
there was a character

who said, "Art is a child's play,
and I was born already old."

Yeah. Clara said that.

No, it wasn't Clara. It was Iara,
the Le Blanche's dancer.

No, Clara!

She announces on stage
she's quitting ballet

after she spent the whole show
dreaming of becoming the first ballerina.

Yes, you're right.

It was Clara.

It was a radical shift.

And the audience went along.

And the audience
already wanted this shift.

But they didn't know it yet.

My aunt, for instance.

I grew up with her...

-Hello.
-Hi!

-Are you still blocked?
-Where?

Scene 7, episode 22.

No, I took care of it.

But then scene 18 from episode 21
lost its sense, so I had to go back.

I thought of an amazing solution.

But I'd have to change scenes 5 and 6
from episode 20.

Isabel, I don't know
where you are anymore.

Scene 1, episode 1.

You're at the end then.

Done. I changed the title.

DESTINY'S REBOUND - CHAPTER 1
WRITTEN BY ISABEL PADILHA

Thirty episodes are ready.

I'll only go back to writing

when you send me your notes, Lauro.

-I'm so curious!
-It's only a few notes.

It's not important, forget it.

Go make yourself pretty.

It's my birthday, but you're the novelty.

People will come in a bit
dying to meet the new Janete Clair.

Can I run away?

I don't know how to make myself pretty.

Of course you do.

Lauro, the guests are arriving.

I'll welcome them.

But when you get this message,
I'll be a dead woman.

Or a serial k*ller.

Denis, Lauro's friend.

I hope so.

Lauro's out, but he's coming back.

He texted me earlier, I just got here.

I know, I opened the door.

In Rio de Janeiro, you mean.

-Yes, from the airport.
-Were you in the south?

-Portugal.
-Was it winter there?

-I'm an actor.
-An actor, of course.

I forgot you guys always
have this thing around your neck.

-A drink?
-I promised Lauro I wouldn't drink.

Sorry, you're kind of funny.

I'm not funnier than you.

My God!

I wanna a cigarette too. Give it to me.

I'd never seen so many famous people.

Is it a birthday party
or are they scouting talent?

Both.

It's about time we thought
of the main cast. By the way,

do you know who'll play the good girl?

I was looking at her.

Who is it?

Behind me, in a black dress,
blonde, near the table.

-Grazi?
-Who?

Grazi, she's the badass

winner of the reality show
of ex-celebrities.

-What's the name?
-I don't watch it. Ex-celebrities?

Yes, ex-celebrities.

But is she a big name?

She's simply the most influential name
at the moment.

She's perfect for the part.

Let's invite her today
before someone else does.

Isabel.

Grazi as the good girl.
It will be something.

Do you know Diego Vidal?

TV's eternal poor rich boy?
Who doesn't know him?

Did you know he and Carla Maranhão
had a fling in the past?

It was the perfect storm.

They did a telenovela together,
fell in love,

then they argued and never spoke again.

Be discrete and look who's coming.

Risky casting for this telenovela, right?

I'm taking risks because of you.

This encounter is like a cliff-hanger.

In a telenovela,
I'd have them getting closer very slowly.

Once they were very close,

they'd turn back

and face each other.

I'd leave them far from each other.

They would turn around, face each other,

and think at the same time,

"How could I ever suffer
for such a person?"

You want to direct too?

I follow my master's steps.

I am a theater actress.

Film directors want your soul
during the shoots.

Then they cut it out.

When you watch the movie,
that's not your soul anymore.

Cinema is another media, guys.

-Cinema is like television's cousin.
-Television is not a medium.

It's a house appliance,

created to sell other house appliances.

Everyone, this is Isabel Padilha.
She's a huge fan.

Isabel is entering
our crazy world of television.

-Nice to meet you.
-You too.

-I'm not drinking.
-None of my business.

-Do you have to pee?
-Really bad.

Go to Lauro's suite.

-Really?
-Sure!

That's exactly it.

It's such a big house, and I spend
most of my time on that tiny desk.

Was it at that desk
that you wrote the screenplay?

Not everything. I'm still not done.

I only wrote the first 30 chapters.

I already reviewed the first one.

Take this copy with you.

Destiny's Rebound.

Read it through

and then tell me if that character
wasn't written for you.

But we met today.

But meeting you today gave the character
a body, a voice and a soul.

Are you hitting on me?

Is it an invitation? Or both?

It's only a consultation for now.

Let's go back to the party.
You can check it out later.

Destiny's Rebound.

Written by Lauro Valente?

Son of a b*tch!

A FEW MONTHS LATER

Cameras are set.

Silence on set, please.

Let's rehearse.

I'll start with you, Carlinha.
You stay here.

-Doctor, is it serious?
-Doctor, is it serious?

-A bit more restrained.
-Isn't this melodrama?

All right, go for it.

Doctor, Isabel's health...

She hit her head and lost consciousness.

Exactly, and at this moment,

Isabel opens her eyes.

What's happening?

My girl.

-You're up.
-My girl, you're up.

Pause for a second.

My girl, you woke up.

My girl, you're up.

Then you help Isabel.

You argue, then you make up.

But the hug must be exactly here.

Please, mark the spot for them.

-Thank you.
-You hug here.

Exactly.

Then you go to this door here.

Isabel opens it.

You both bump into the wonderful
Ultralux cosmetics factory.

Hundreds of workers working

like in a giant hive.

You see?

Don't you see?

Then pretend you do.

Either way, acting is not feeling,
but pretending to feel.

Computers can work out the rest.

You'll be surprised.

That's just the way he likes it.

An audience and a full crowd.

I'm in shock. He writes, he directs...

he might even play the leading role.

I wouldn't rule it out.

It's a telenovela, honey.

Everything's allowed

if it's possible.

Marta!

-Let's sh**t.
-Let's go.

Action!

Doctor, please be honest.

Is it serious?

Isabel took a strong blow to the head.

It can cause neurological damage,

resulting in memory loss
or consciousness disorders.

Is anyone there?

My girl, you're up.

Today you'll meet Isabel,
a sweet and happy young woman.

She's generous and sacrifices
her own health for her mother's sake,

the incorruptible chief of police Daphne.

But Isabel doesn't know the chief
keeps a secret from her past

linked to the powerful family
Porto Carrero.

What do you want?

Roberto Porto Carrero
is the family's patriarch.

He's a widower and had twin children.

Geraldo, his favorite,

has been missing for 30 years
since a tragic accident

with his wife and his baby daughter.

And Inácio.

Have you ever considered my name
for the company's presidency, Dad?

When he starts investigating

HE
who searches FINDS

about the disappearance
of Geraldo and his family,

Inácio starts receiving anonymous threats,

and he's suspicious of everyone,
including his own wife,

the ambitious Chiara.

This empire is ours!

And his stepson João Marcelo,

who he's always treated as a son.

Destiny has made Isabel work at Ultralux,

Porto Carrero family's giant factory.

When her story crosses
this family's story,

some truths will emerge.

And the tables will turn.

Welcome to your new life.

Destiny's Rebound premieres today.

DESTINY'S REBOUND

Isabel.

Don't you remember me?

-You're the good guy from the telenovela.
-Yes, sure.

But we met a while ago, remember?

It was only one night. I fell for you...

-I don't remember.
-I even proposed.

-You asked me for one or two years.
-I tell everyone that.

Just after that day,
I found out you wrote a telenovela.

Take it.
I dropped Publicity and Marketing.

And I spent the last year preparing
to get a part in it.

I know you didn't write this,
but I'm here because of you.

-No need to thank me.
-Hey.

You really don't remember me?

No.

Do you want to go out after the party?

-No.
-No?

-Sorry, excuse me.
-"Excuse me"?

-Come take a picture.
-Sure.

-Hey, Lipe!
-Hey!

Let's take a picture.

-How are you?
-Fine, and you?

Denis!

You came!

-What's that?
-Why did you come?

May I taste it?

What do you plan on doing?

What's that?

Gin. Where did you get it?

-Cheers to you.
-To us both.

Are you enjoying the sh**t?

I was. My bit is over,
my character dies on episode 10.

I shot his death today.

Wow.

I might have some sauce left here.

-Here.
-No... There's nothing.

Lucky you. In my version,
you'd die in the first episode.

The master got the b*mb couple
in the same telenovela.

Playing two lovers?

Two enemies with unfinished business.

There she is.

Even Ms. Diva came to the party?

Cássia?

She plays the villain in the show.
She destroys the good girl.

-!sis.
-It changed to Chiara. She kills it.

...the m*therf*cking owner, Lauro Valente!

Thank you.

When he starts talking,
can I scream "thief"?

-Please don't.
-Why?

Isn't he a thief?

Hasn't he stolen my telenovela, my ideas?
Like all of his works?

What do we call someone who does that?

-Speak quietly.
-That's being a thief!

-Let's take a walk.
-No, I want to stay here.

I want to hear it.

-I'm fine.
-No, you're not.

Denis!

This b*stard stole my telenovela,

and he ruined it.

What do you plan on doing?
What will you do?

I wish I could steal it from him

and ruin it even more.

I don't know. I don't know what I'll do.

Thank you. How I missed...

I'll decide on the way.

Where are you going?

Isabel!

I'd like to say I'm sure

Destiny's Rebound
is the telenovela of my life.

And the best telenovela of your lives
because it has a bit of each one of you.

What happened?

RECORDING

Let's get it going? Countdown!

Ten, nine...

...eight, seven, six...

Work on that face.

Isabel can't ruin your evening.

...three, two...

...one!

You deserve it.

What is this joke?

Doctor, please be honest.

Is it serious?

Isabel took a strong blow to the head.

It can cause neurological damage,

resulting in memory loss
or consciousness disorders.

What the f*ck have I done?

I played that scene!

At least, she didn't vomit or have
a bad headache, which are great signs.

My girl!

My girl!

My girl...

I'm not your daughter.

Who told you?

I've been asked to raise you with love.

And so I did.

With more love than any mother
would be capable of feeling.

Even if at first
I wasn't your real mother,

my maternal love made me become one.

I became your real mother.
I am your real mother.

I'm sorry I'm not your biological mother.

But there's no love in the world
that is capable of changing that.

Easy. Breathe.

And "sink." I mean, think.

Everything's under control.

Now, relax.

And stop talking to yourself, it's weird.

What are these breasts?

It's too real for it to be a dream.

And too crazy to be real.

Denis!

Denis, Denis, Denis!

Maristela.

Not Maristela, I'm Isabel.

Isabel.

You took some of it too.

What the f*ck did we take, Denis?

Inácio.

What is that? Is it synthetic?

Inácio Porto Carrero.

You're far worse than me.

Carla Maranhão is totally crazy.

She's deep in a police fetish.
No judgments, I also have mine.

She's on a trip that I'm her daughter.

I'll look for an exit, are you coming?

-I'll take you home.
-You'll take me home?

-Daddy will be so happy.
-Daddy who?

You're something.

Inácio.

Inácio Porto Carrero.

Isabel Porto Carrero.

Welcome to your new life.

What am I doing inside Lauro's telenovela?