# Alto Astral

Alto Astral Portuguese pronunciation: (International Title:Forever and Ever) is a Brazilian access prime telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on November 3, 2014, replacing Geração Brasil and ended on May 8, 2015 replaced by I Love Paraisópolis. It was originally created by Andréa Maltarolli, but due to her death in 2009, it's being written by Daniel Ortiz, with the supervision of Silvio de Abreu.

## Plot

Since childhood, Caíque (Sergio Guizé) drew the face of an unknown young woman. One day, thanks to the help of a mysterious spirit named Bella (Nathália Costa), Caíque comes face to face with Laura (Nathalia Dill), the girl he always drew. When she comes in front of him, he can hardly believe that the woman of his dreams exists. What they do not realize is that Laura is the bride of Marcos (Thiago Lacerda), Caíque's brother. Even engaged to Laura, Marcos maintains a secret relationship with Sueli (Débora Nascimento).
But the rivalry between the two brothers goes far beyond that. Heirs of a large hospital, both are doctors with opposite attitudes. Marcos is a successful surgeon who dreams to have all the hospital just for him, while Caíque is a general practitioner who gives diagnosis by phone and makes operations in adverse conditions, despite fear of blood. Caíque can see spirits and is followed by one spirit named Castilho (Marcelo Médici). The spirit appeared to him as a child, and now reappears putting the doctor in absurd and comical situations.
In the middle of the fight between the two brothers, is Laura (Nathalia Dill), a certain journalist. She lives with her grandfather Vicente (Otávio Augusto) and her siblings Gustavo (Guilherme Leicam) and Bia (Raquel Fabbri). While Bia is a responsible and hard-working girl, Gustavo is an arrogant and highly irresponsible kid. Not only does he criticise the lives of others, but he also opposes the romance between his sister and Caíque. He works with Marcos to separate them so that Marcos can marry Laura. In addition to working and raising a family, Laura tries to find her mother, who abandoned her when she was little. Four women are suspected to be the real mother of Laura, and the journalist investigates them one by one.
Strengthening the villainy is Samantha (Claudia Raia), a psychic charlatan. This exuberant, extravagant and quite glamorous woman was already quite famous thanks to her powers of clairvoyance. But as she used her premonitions to make money, she ended up losing her gift. She's the Ex-girlfriend of Caíque and still very passionate. She sees the doctor as her great opportunity to return to stardom and fame. For this she will spare no effort, nor scruples to hinder the doctor's romance with Laura. Samantha has as an accomplice, a Peruvian nurse called Pepito (Conrado Caputo) that helps in heir villainy.
Maria Inês (Christiane Torloni) is the adoptive mother of Marcos and Caíque. She is a very lonely woman, since she is a widow of Mr. Bittencourt. She married without loving her husband, for the great love of her life is Marcelo (Edson Celulari). Several years later they meet again in a library, and the love they both have for each other comes back. But this love will face a major obstacle: Marcelo is married to Úrsula (Silvia Pfeifer), a woman without scruples, who pretends to have a fatal disease just to keep her husband. Úrsula pretends to be the best friend of Maria Inês, but deep down hates her, knowing that her husband is in love with her.
Across the street is the World-Map Family, composed by the patriarch Manoel (Leopoldo Pacheco), the stepmother Tina (Elizabeth Savalla) and children Israel (Kayky Brito), Bélgica ("Belgium"; played by Giovanna Lancellotti), Itália ("Italy"; played by Sabrina Petraglia) and Afeganistão ("Afghanistan"; played by Gabriel Godoy). Manuel works in the cafeteria of the City Club, which belongs to Santana family. Manoel is the brother of Maria Inês, and does not accept any help that comes from the sister. Afeganistão also works in the cafeteria, a boy who only speaks wrong. Itália is a nurse working in the Bittencourt Hospital. At first she is dating César (Alejandro Claveaux), a playboy who dates her in order to win a bet. Then he begins to fall in love for real. Israel is a physician-surgeon, who had long ceased to perform his specialty in the hospital, thanks to Marcos' machinations. Bélgica is fake, pretending to be best friends with Gaby (Sophia Abrahão), but deep down dies of envy from her. Meanwhile, Tina divides a life between Nova Alvorada and São Paulo.

## Cast

| Actor/Actress | Character |
| Sérgio Guizé | Carlos Henrique Bittencourt (Caíque) |
| Nathália Dill | Laura Martins |
| Cláudia Raia | Samantha Santana (Samantha Paranormal) |
| Thiago Lacerda | Marcos Bittencourt (Marquinhos) |
| Christiane Torloni | Maria Inês Pereira Bittencourt |
| Edson Celulari | Marcelo Barbosa |
| Silvia Pfeifer | Úrsula Barbosa |
| Totia Meireles | Adriana Máximo |
| Elizabeth Savalla | Cristina Pereira (Tina) / Cristina Romantini |
| Kayky Brito | Israel Pereira |
| Débora Nascimento | Sueli Caldas |
| Sophia Abrahão | Gabriela Santana Peixoto (Gaby) |
| Rosanne Mulholland | Débora Lara |
| Monica Iozzi | Scarlett Máximo / Aparecida dos Santos (Cidinha) |
| Maitê Proença | Catarina Santana (Kitty) |
| Guilherme Leicam | Gustavo Martins |
| Leopoldo Pacheco | Manuel Pereira |
| Giovanna Lancellotti | Bélgica Pereira (Bél) |
| Nando Rodrigues | Ricardo Barbosa |
| Sabrina Petraglia | Itália Pereira |
| Otávio Augusto | Vicente Martins |
| Marcelo Médici | Castilho |
| Simone Gutierrez | Morgana |
| Marianna Armellini | Ana Dirce Rosas (Didi) |
| Alejandro Claveaux | César Santana |
| Sérgio Malheiros | Emerson Duarte |
| Gabriel Godoy | Afeganistão Pereira |
| Conrado Caputo | Pepe Perez (Pepito) |
| Débora Olivieri | Meire Rosas |
| Hugo Bonemer | Nicolas Pereira Romantini |
| Norival Rizzo | Walter Escobar |
| Adriana Prado | Suzana Santana Peixoto |
| Ana Carbatti | Aurélia Duarte |
| Marat Descartes | Fernando Tallarico |
| Fábio Audi | Heitor Santana Peixoto |
| Marilu Bueno | Marieta Santana |
| Débora Rebecchi | Elizabeth Barbosa (Liz) |
| Nina Frosi | Dionice |
| Nathália Costa | Isabella (Bella) |
| JP Rufino | Adeilson Duarte (Azeitona) |
| Carlo Porto | Eduardo Tavares |
| Rodrigo Lopéz | Salvador Stigler |
| Pedro Farah | Afonso |
| Juan Alba | Oscar Peixoto |
| Rodrigo Serrano | Murilo Santiago |
| Maria Carol | Nildes Batista |
| Luciana Rigueira | Rosa |
| Raquel Fabbri | Beatriz Martins (Bia) |

### Cameos

| Actor/Actress | Character |
| Jorge Fernando | Himself |
| Jô Soares | Himself |
| Fátima Bernardes | Herself |
| Kadu Moliterno | Pedro Romantini |
| Fábio Rhoden | Marcelo Barbosa (flashback 1 phase) |
| Elisa Brites | Maria Inês Pereira Bittencourt (flashback 1 phase) |
| Xande Valois | Carlos Henrique Bittencourt (Caíque) (flashback 1 phase) |
| Gabriel Kaufmann | Marcos Bittencourt (flashback 1 phase) |
| Hanna Romanazzi | Catarina Santana (Kitty) (flashback 1 phase) |
| Paula Baltar | Samantha Santana (flashback 1 phase) |
| Laís Pinho | Scarlett Máximo (flashback 1 phase) |
| Matheus Venâncio | Ricardo Barbosa (flashback 1 phase) |
| Igor Rickli | Mohammed Abdullah Al-Masi |
| Victor Spaparane | Victor |
| Jarbas Homem de Mello | Himself |
| Marcos Reis | Leonardo (Léo) |
| Java Mayan | Gilberto (Giba) |
| Luciano Andrey | Nazir |
| Jarbas Homem de Mello | Himself |
| Renata Augusto | Layla Abdullah Al-Masi |
| Paulo Carvalho | Diziabas |
| Daniel Dias e Silva | Miranda |
| Ana Maria Braga | Herself |
| Gutemberg Barros | Haroldo Máximo |
| Léo Wainer | Osvaldo |
| Lana Guelero | Lucia Garcia |
| Ricardo Pavão | Celso Luiz Esteves |
| Júnior Prata | Evandro |
| Anitta | Herself |
| MC Ludmilla | Herself |
| Junior Prata | Evandro |
| Vanessa Gabriel | Vanessa |
* Thiago Lacerda was the great villain Marcos.
* Débora Nascimento was the ambitious villain Sueli.
* Cláudia Raia was the psychic charlatan and comic villain Samantha.
* Christiane Torloni was the kind Maria Inês.
* Edson Celulari was the romantic Marcelo.
* Sílvia Pfeifer was the great villain Úrsula.
* Totia Meireles was the mysterious villain Adriana.
* Elizabeth Savalla was the comic Tina.
* Giovanna Lancellotti was the envious villain Bélgica.
* Sophia Abrahão was the kind Gaby.
* Monica Iozzi was the comic preppy Scarlett.
* Maitê Proença was the bankrupt comic villain Kitty.
* Leopoldo Pacheco was the comic Manuel.
* Guilherme Leicam was the villain bad character Gustavo.

## Curiosities

* The title of the original synopsis was Muu, which would allude to a cow that would fall from the sky at the beginning of the plot, but because of changes, and the fact that there are ghosts in the story, the provisional name was Búu. As Búu had phonetic like another soap opera: O Rebu, Globo decided to change the name again. Other names being considered were: Assombrações, Plano Astral and Supernatural.
* Bruno Gagliasso and Débora Falabella were rated to be the protagonists, but given the refusal of the first, Falabella also dropped. Grazi Massafera came to be announced by the press as the protagonist, but denied the information. Paolla Oliveira was also listed for the protagonist post.
* Sergio Guizé was quoted to be the villain of the story. But was upgraded to be the protagonist, as Bruno Gagliasso gave up the role.
* To occupy the villain post that was still vacant, the Rede Globo chose Rodrigo Lombardi. As the actor was already in the air Meu Pedacinho de Chão, they decided that he shouldn't amend two consecutive jobs. The character was given to Thiago Lacerda.
* Monica Iozzi had been cast as the villain Samantha. But she lost the role to Claudia Raia. The ex CQC won another character in the plot.
* The first scenes were filmed in Poços de Caldas and Pedra Azul (Espírito Santo) as part of the fictional town of Nova Alvorada.

## International broadcasting

| Country | Channel | Title location | Premiere | End | Weekly wchedule | Hour |
| | TV Globo | Alto Astral | 3 November 2014 | 8 May 2015 | Monday to Saturday | 19:35 |
| | SIC | Alto Astral | 24 November 2014 | 2 October 2015 | Monday to Friday | 19:00 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result |
| 2014 | Atrevida Magazine | Favorite Actress | Sophia Abrahão | Nominated |
| 2015 | Troféu Internet | Best Telenovela of 2014 | Alto Astral | Nominated |
| 2015 | Troféu Internet | Best Actress of 2014 | Sophia Abrahão | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Telenovela | Alto Astral | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Author of Telenovela | Daniel Ortiz | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Director of Telenovela | Jorge Fernando | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actress | Cláudia Raia | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actress | Christiane Torloni | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actress | Nathalia Dill | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actress | Débora Nascimento | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actress | Elizabeth Savalla | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actress | Giovanna Lancellotti | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Child Actor | JP Rufino | Won |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Child Actress | Nathália Costa | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Revelation Actor | Conrado Caputo | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Revelation Actor | Fábio Audi | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Revelation Actor | Gabriel Godoy | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Revelation Actress | Monica Iozzi | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Revelation Actress | Raquel Fabbri | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actor | Sérgio Guizé | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actor | Thiago Lacerda | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actor | Edson Celulari | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actor | Marcelo Médici | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actor | Rodrigo López | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actor | Guilherme Leicam | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro | Best Young Actress | Sophia Abrahão | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Supporting Actress | Claudia Raia | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Male Revelation | Conrado Caputo | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Child Actor/Best Child Actress | JP Rufino | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Theme Song | "Diz Pra Mim" by Malta | Nominated |
| 2015 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Theme Song | "Na Batida" by Anitta | Nominated |