In the Emperor's Times

A lush, slow-burning historical melodrama full of tangled romances, court intrigues, and social struggles.

Created by

Alessandro Marson, Thereza Falcão

Genres

Soap, Drama

Starring

Selton Mello, Mariana Ximenes, Letícia Sabatella

Overview

In 1856, the emperor Dom Pedro II lived a marriage of appearances with Teresa Cristina, with whom he was forced to marry at a young age by his parents' political alliance, having two daughters with her: Isabel and Leopoldina. He truly loves Countess Luisa, a cultured and time-ahead woman who fights for the abolitionist cause and women's rights, married to Eugenio, the emperor Napoleon's cousin. At the same time there are sisters Pilar and Dolores: the first went to a convent after her mother's death in childhood, growing up among books and dreaming of studying medicine - inspired by the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first doctor in the world -, while the second stayed at home to take care of her father, Colonel Eudoro, growing up repressed, illiterate and without vanity.

How it feels

Romantic, earnest, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and easy to follow.

About

Love, power, class, race

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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