# Máscaras

Máscaras (English: Masks) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by RecordTV. Created by Lauro César Muniz. It premiered on April 4, 2012 and ended on October 2, 2012.

## Plot

Otávio is a thriving cattle breeder in Mato Grosso do Sul. And he falls in love with Maria, a young woman from the big city. The two marry, Maria will live on the farm next to her husband, have a baby and then suffer postpartum depression. To be treated, she embarks on a therapeutic ship, created by the alternative doctor Dr. Décio. Maria returns to her husband's farm, but is kidnapped along with her son, Tavinho. Otávio decides to start life with another identity, but he does not go to great lengths to find the family. He discovers that the kidnapping has to do with a criminal organization led by Big Blond, and goes on to investigate the crime. Only time passes and, without enduring the weight of the disappearance of his loved ones, the farmer goes into depression. Dr. Decio then receives an anonymous email saying that they will both find news of Maria inside a mysterious ship. His brother-in-law, Martim, connected to Big Blond, also embarks on the same cruise and insists on accusing Otavio of his sister's disappearance. The transatlantic berths in Búzios and Martim meets with members of the Organization. Suspicious, Otávio and Décio follow the trickster and end up kidnapped. At sea, Martim ends up dying and the farmer adopts his identity to restart his life. There begins a game of mirrors, in which the hero wears the mask of the villain and the villain pretends to be a hero.

## Cast

| Actor/Actress | Character |
| Miriam Freeland | Maria Benaro |
| Paloma Duarte | Luiza (Nameless, Eliza Rainha, Liz) |
| Giselle Itié | Manuella Marim (Manu) |
| Fernando Pavão | Otávio Benaro (Martim Salles) |
| Heitor Martinez | Martim Salles (Otávio Benaro) |
| Petrônio Gontijo | Dr. Décio Navarro |
| Luíza Tomé | Geraldine Aidan |
| Jonas Bloch | Big Blond (Gastão) |
| Cecil Thiré | Eduardo Sotero |
| Jussara Freire | Elvira Duval |
| Raul Gazolla | Evaldo Fael |
| Bete Coelho | Valéria Lage |
| Francisca Queiroz | Flávia Mattos |
| Franciely Freduzeski | Cláudia Prado |
| Luiza Curvo | Laís Neves |
| Dado Dolabella | Eduardo Sotero Filho (Edu) |
| Nicola Siri | Caio Anselmi |
| Roberto Bomtempo | José Maria (Zezé) |
| Íris Bruzzi | Olívia Motta |
| Márcio Kieling | Gabriel Peixoto |
| Daniela Galli | Tônia Valdez Brown |
| Karen Junqueira | Luma Valdez |
| Gabriela Durlo | Marina Peixoto |
| Bárbara Bruno | Maria José (Zezé) |
| Flávia Monteiro | Eneida Bastos |
| Jorge Pontual | Mário Souza |
| Louise D'Tuani | Letícia Fael |
| Giuseppe Oristânio | Pulga |
| Eliete Cigarini | Nair Fael |
| Carlos Bonow | Fausto (Faustino) |
| Jean Fercondini | Marco Antônio Fael |
| Bemvindo Sequeira | Novais |
| Lívia Rossy | Yara Lemos |
| Marcelo Escorel | Toga (João) |
| Nanda Andrade | Soraia |
| Emilio Dantas | Gino |
| Augusto Zacchi | Régis |
| Renato Liveira | Jairo Neves |
| Valquíria Ribeiro | Maria do Socorro |
| Júlia Maggessi | Luciana Anselmi |
| Rai Antunes | Marcelo |
| Luli Miller | Mirella |
| Tatsu Carvalho | Rogério Mattos |
| Marcio Navarro | Funcionário do Décio Navarro |
| Karla Ralin | Luzia |

## Soundtrack

* Porto Solidão - Fagner
* Irmãos Da Lua - Renato Teixeira
* Palavras Certas - Ju 87
* Parou O Meu Mundo - Massau
* Difícil - Franco Levine
* Feito Pra Você - Celso Fonseca
* Speed Racer - Fernanda Abreu
* Sopra - Banda Vitória Régia
* Tá No Meu Coração - Bruna e Mateus
* Le Masque - Julio Cesar
* You (Nuca Soube) - Claudia Albuquerque
* Eu Preciso De Você - Rosemary
* Blue Moon - Dave Gordon
* To Fix A Broken Heart - Erikka
* Serenata - Claudio Erlan
* Mário O Sedutor - Keco Brandão

## Ratings

| Timeslot (BRT/AMT) | Episodes | First aired | First aired | Last aired | Last aired |
| Timeslot (BRT/AMT) | Episodes | Date | Viewers (in points) | Date | Viewers (in points) |
| Mon–Fri 10:15pm | 125 | April 10, 2012 (2012-04-10) | 15 | October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02) | 6 |