Roque Santeiro
Roque Santeiro
A Soap and Comedy series first aired in 1985, Roque Santeiro has 1 season with 209 episodes and comes from Brazil. Episodes run about 45m. Soap2Day lists it with Gonzaga Blota directing and José Wilker and Regina Duarte in the cast. It holds 8.8/10 from 27 votes. In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.
- Genre: Soap, Comedy, Drama
- Country: Brazil
- Director: Dias Gomes, Aguinaldo Silva
- Cast: José Wilker, Regina Duarte, Lima Duarte, Paulo Gracindo, Yoná Magalhães, Ary Fontoura, Eloísa Mafalda, Lucinha Lins, Armando Bógus, Cássia Kis, Lídia Brondi, Wanda Kosmo
