Pé na Jaca

*Pé na Jaca*
Pé na Jaca
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Carlos Lombardi
Written by	Vinícius Vianna; Filipe Miguez; Nélio Abbade; Sebastião Maciel;
Directed by	Ricardo Waddington
Starring	Murilo Benício; Deborah Secco; Juliana Paes; Fernanda Lima; Marcos Pasquim;
Opening theme	"Eu Ando Ok"; by Zizi Possi
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of episodes	179
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	TV Globo
Release	20 November 2006 –; 15 June 2007

Pé na Jaca (lit. English: "A Foot Inside the Jackfruit") is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo from 20 November 2006 to 15 June 2007.

It stars Murilo Benício, Juliana Paes, Fernanda Lima, Marcos Pasquim, Betty Lago, Fúlvio Stefanini, Alexandre Schumacher, Carla Marins, Ricardo Tozzi, Fernanda de Freitas, Daniele Suzuki, Rodrigo Lombardi, Bruno Garcia, Flávia Alessandra and Deborah Secco in the leading roles.

Plot

In 1984 five children live on a farm near Piracicaba. Arthur spends the holidays at his uncle's farm. Elizabeth is the daughter of a seamstress. Guinevere is the daughter of a maid. Mary is the daughter of a wealthy farmer Lancelotti is the son of a farmer. The farm is on the edge of a river in São Paulo, in God Free Me village near Piracicaba.

The five play without realizing the social differences that separate them and feel confident that their friendship will last forever. The holidays end and with the exception of Lancelotti and Mary, never meet again.

Twenty-five years pass until fate puts Arthur, Elizabeth, Guinevere, and Maria Lancelotti together again. They meet in the city God of Me Free.

Arthur and Guinevere fall in love. Guinevere was previously married to Kermit (son of millionaire Botelho Bulhões) and had an affair with Lance (Lancelotti or Tico, the more intimate nickname), who is in love with Maria. Maria Bo had a husband Jean Luc, who supported France. He was a bankrupt earl. Maria also had a lover, Thierry. Arthur is married to Vanessa a mercenary who betrayed him with Juan. This helped Elizabeth (who becomes the major villain) in their frames, and encourages her to move to the side of evil. She had a crush on Deodato, who was the mysterious accomplice to Morgana. She had an affair with Merlin's friend, forming a love triangle.

Elizabeth will do anything to harm her former friends, moved only by envy and ambition, even to the extreme by money and power, while other friends join together and try to show her that love and charity are virtues needed to live happy truly.

Cast

Murilo Benício as Arthur Fortuna
Deborah Secco as Elizabeth "Beth" Aparecida Barra
Juliana Paes as Guinevere "Gui" Ataliba dos Santos Fortuna
Marcos Pasquim as Antônio Carlos Lancelotti
Fernanda Lima as Maria Bô (Maria Botelho "Maria Bô" Bulhões
Flávia Alessandra as Vanessa Fortuna
Bruno Garcia as Juan Arrabal
Fúlvio Stefanini as Último Botelho Bulhões
Betty Lago as Maria Carolina Botelho Bulhões "Morgana"
Carla Marins as Dorinha Isadora "Dorinha" Cabedelo Haddad
Alexandre Schumacher as Carlos "Caco" Eduardo Botelho Bulhões
Ricardo Tozzi as Cândido Fortuna Botelho Bulhões
Fernanda de Freitas as Maria Leila "Lilinha" Barra Botelho Bulhões de Canabrava
Rodrigo Lombardi as Tadeu Lancelotti
Sílvia Pfeifer as Maria Clara Botelho Bulhões Noscheze
Daniele Suzuki as Rosa Tanaka
Humberto Martins as Merlin Botelho Bulhões / Vasco
Betty Faria as Laura Barra
Daniele Valente as Maria Celina
Carlos Bonow as Edmilson "Ed"
Elias Gleizer as Giácomo Lancelotti
Sérgio Hondjakoff as Nuno Botelho Noscheze
Oscar Magrini as Delegado Palhares
Alexandre Barros as Átila Noscheze
Cláudia Ventura as Maria Eduarda "Duda"
Cristina Sano as Mitiko Tanaka
Dan Nakagawa as Mário Tanaka
Dudu Azevedo as Petrônio "Pipoca" Palhares
Emanuelle Araújo as Clotilda Rodrigues Alves
Érika Evantini as Mimosa "Mimi" Queirós
Gero Pestalozzi as Deodato
Guilherme Piva as Agronildo "Nirdo" Ferreira Sales
Lucy Ramos as Nina Botelho Noscheze "Guguta"
Marcelo Torreão as Plácido Haddad
Maria Estela Rivera as Irina Botelho Bulhões
Rodrigo Hilbert as Flávio Barra "Barrão"
Samantha Schmütz as Célia
Igor Rudolf as Maurício Fortuna
João Vieira as Zidane Ataliba Botelho Bulhões
Larissa Biondo as Débora Lancelotti Cabedelo
Miguel Rômulo as Marcos "Marquinhos" Lancelotti Cabedelo
Rafael Miguel as Percival Fortuna
Sofia Terra as Josephine "Jô" Botelho Bulhões
Chico Anysio as Ezequiel de Jesus "Cigano"
Leonardo Villar as José Fortuna "Tio José"
Paulo Goulart as Roberto Vilela
Walmor Chagas as Canabrava
Neuza Amaral as Gema
Arlete Salles as Gioconda
Lolita Rodrigues as Carmem Cabedelo
Maria Zilda Bethlem as Alma

Name

The series name comes from the Brazilian popular expression "enfiar o pé na jaca" (literally "stick your foot into the jackfruit"), which means doing something stupid or embarrassing, or committing a big mistake/failure, which usually lands you in severe trouble or as a laughingstock for everyone.

External links

Pé na Jaca at IMDb