TV series

Pacto de Sangue

1989 · 1 season

A slow, earnest period melodrama that weighs heavy promises and social divides with a somber, compassionate tone.

Overview: Antônio is on his deathbed after helping a Black man escape his own father's plantation. Before dying, Antônio asks his father, Judge Queiroz Antunes, to raise the young enslaved boy, Bento, as his own son.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, race, class, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
race
class
guilt
redemption
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild