# Em Família (TV series)

Em Família (In the Family; official title Helena's Shadow) is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created by Manoel Carlos and produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 3 February 2014, replacing Amor à Vida and ended 18 July 2014, replaced by Império.
Julia Lemmertz, Bruna Marquezine and Humberto Martins star as the protagonists, while Vivianne Pasmanter and Gabriel Braga Nunes star as the antagonists.
According to Ibope, the average was 29.63 (30) points - the lowest rated 9PM telenovela of all time.

## Plot

Tells the story of two cousins, Helena (Julia Lemmertz) and Laerte (Gabriel Braga Nunes), who grow up united by two strong ties: family and love. Laerte is a musician who is in love with his cousin, but consumed by an obsessive jealousy, especially of his friend Virgílio (Humberto Martins), who has always fostered a platonic love for Helena. Helena herself has a strong personality and has never accepted the possessive side of her problematic boyfriend, although she keeps teasing him.
On the night before his marriage to Helena, Laerte argues with Virgílio and strikes him across the face. Taking his rival for dead, Laerte quickly buries the body to hide the evidence. But Virgílio survived the blow and Laerte is taken prisoner at the altar. After he serves his sentence of one year, Laerte moves to Europe and loses contact with the woman who was almost his wife.
Twenty years after the tragedy that tore him away from his cousin, Laerte, now a successful musician, sees a young girl in the audience at one of his concerts, who looks just like his long lost love. It is Luiza (Bruna Marquezine), the daughter of Helena, and Laerte’s rival, Virgílio, who still bears the scar on his face and on his soul from that fateful day.
Back in Brazil, Laerte sees Luiza again and, to Helena’s deep despair, becomes romantically involved with her. She is now married to Virgílio and she sees history repeat itself with her daughter’s love affair. Dormant feelings resurface and affect both her marriage and her relationship with her daughter. Defying everyone, Laerte and Luiza decide to stay together—a decision that causes conflict and turmoil all around them.

## Cast

| Actor/Actress | Role | Phase |
| Júlia Lemmertz | Helena Fernandes Machado | 3rd |
| Bruna Marquezine | Helena Fernandes Machado | 2nd |
| Julia Dalavia | Helena Fernandes Machado | 1st |
| Gabriel Braga Nunes | Laerte Fernandes | 3rd |
| Guilherme Leicam | Laerte Fernandes | 2nd |
| Eike Duarte | Laerte Fernandes | 1st |
| Humberto Martins | Virgilio Machado | 3rd |
| Nando Rodrigues | Virgilio Machado | 2nd |
| Arthur Aguiar | Virgilio Machado | 1st |
| Vivianne Pasmanter | Shirley Soares | 3rd |
| Alice Wegmann | Shirley Soares | 2nd |
| Giovanna Rispoli | Shirley Soares | 1st |
| Bruna Marquezine | Luiza Fernandes Machado | 3rd |
| Natália do Vale | Francisca Fernandes (Chica) | 3rd |
| Juliana Araripe | Francisca Fernandes (Chica) | 1st and 2nd |
| Giovanna Antonelli | Clara Fernandes de Santos | 3rd |
| Karize Brum | Clara Fernandes de Santos | 2nd |
| Luana Marquezine | Clara Fernandes de Santos | 1st |
| Vanessa Gerbelli | Juliana Proença | 3rd |
| Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha | Juliana Proença | 1st and 2nd |
| Ana Beatriz Nogueira | Selma Proença Fernandes | 3rd |
| Camila Raffanti | Selma Proença Fernandes | 1st and 2nd |
| Reynaldo Gianecchini | Carlos Eduardo (Cadu) | |
| Helena Ranaldi | Veronica | |
| Herson Capri | Ricardo | |
| Bianca Rinaldi | Silvia | |
| Paulo José | Benjamim Machado | |
| Ângela Vieira | Branca | |
| Bruno Gissoni | Andre Machado | |
| Oscar Magrini | Ramiro Fernandes | |
| Thiago Mendonça | Felipe Fernandes | 3rd |
| Guilherme Prates | Felipe Fernandes | 2nd |
| Vinni Mazzola | Felipe Fernandes | 1st |
| Leonardo Medeiros | Fernando Nando | |
| Tainá Müller | Marina Meirelles | |
| Miguel Thiré | Gabriel | |
| Betty Gofman | Miss Lauren | |
| Maria Eduarda de Carvalho | Vanessa | |
| Nelson Baskerville | Itamar Fernandes | |
| Poliana Aleixo | Barbara Soares Fernandes | |
| Ronny Kriwat | Leto Soares Fernandes | |
| Manu Gavassi | Paula | |
| Cláudia Assunção | Mafalda Soares | |
| Monique Curi | Telma | |
| Rafael Tombini | Leandro | |
| Carla Cristina | Neidinha Machado | |
| Erika Januza | Alice Machado | |
| Sacha Bali | Murilo | |
| Marcello Melo Jr. | Jairo Machado | |
| Antônio Petrin | Viriato Soares | |
| Roberta Almeida | Sandra | |
| Silvia Quadros | Isolda | |
| Cláudia Mauro | Ana | 3rd |
| Camilla Camargo | Ana | 2nd |
| Lica Oliveira | Dulce | |
| Agatha Moreira | Gisele | |
| Wilson Rabelo | Batista | |
| Carol Macedo | Gorete | |
| Jéssika Alves | Guiomar | |
| Maria Pompeu | Amelia | |
| Tânia Toko | Rosa | |
| Ju Colombo | Ceiça | |
| Vitor Figueiredo | Ivan | |
| Luiza Moraes | Flavinha | |
| Nicole Evangeline | Lais | |
| Cyria Coentro | Maria | |
| Rafael Zulu | Luis | |
| Henrique Schafer | Viriato | |

## Ratings

| Timeslot | Episodes | Premiere | Premiere | Finale | Finale | Rank | Season | Rating average |
| Timeslot | Episodes | Date | Viewers (in points) | Date | Viewers (in points) | Rank | Season | Rating average |
| Mondays—Saturdays 9:15pm | 143 | 3 February 2014 | 35 | 18 July 2014 | 37 | #1 | 2014–15 | 29.63 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Telenovela of the Year | Manoel Carlos | Nominated |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actress | Bruna Marquezine | Nominated |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actor | Reynaldo Gianecchini | Nominated |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actress | Giovanna Antonelli | Nominated |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actress | Tainá Müller | Nominated |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Child Actor | Vitor Figueiredo | Nominated |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Author | Manoel Carlos | Nominated |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Director | Jayme Monjardim and Leonardo Nogueira | Nominated |

## International Broadcasting

Globo distributed Em Família for 3 countries to date, with 75 chapters - almost half the original.
Exibição pelo mundo :
| Country | Channel | Title Location | Premiere | End | Weekly Schedule | Hour | Ref |
| Brazil | TV Globo | Em Família | 3 February 2014 | 18 July 2014 | Monday to Saturday | 21:15 | — |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | TVS | Em Família | 10 February 2014 | 25 July 2014 | Monday to Saturday | 21:15 | — |
| Portugal | SIC | Em Família | 31 March 2014 | 21 November 2014 | Monday to Saturday | 18:45 | |
| Mexico | Azteca Uno | La Sombra de Helena | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Costa Rica | Teletica | La Sombra de Helena | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |