# Órfãos da Terra

Órfãos da Terra (English: Orphans of a Nation) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo, from 2 April 2019 to 27 September 2019. The telenovela is written by Duca Rachid and Thelma Guedes, with Dora Castellar, Aimar Labaki, Carolina Ziskind and Cristina Biscay as co-writers. It is directed by André Câmara and Gustavo Fernandez, and co-directed by Pedro Peregrino, Bruno Safadi, Alexandre Macedo and Lúcio Tavares.
It stars Julia Dalavia, Renato Góes, Alice Wegmann, Carmo Dalla Vecchia and Rodrigo Simas in the main roles.
The telenovela addresses the refugee crisis around the world, and the displaced Lebanese Brazilians living in São Paulo since the 20th century.
In 2020, the show won the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela.

## Plot

After being victims of a bombing in Syria, Missade (Ana Cecília Costa) and Elias (Marco Ricca) flee to Lebanon with their children, Khaled, a boy who was injured, and Laila (Julia Dalavia) - who agrees to marry a powerful sheikh, Aziz Abdallah (Herson Capri) in exchange for money to pay for his brother's treatment. However, when Khaled dies, Laila escapes to Brazil with her parents. After realizing this, the sheikh sends after her Jammil (Renato Góes), a man of his trust and fiancee of his daughter, Dalila Abdallah (Alice Wegmann). Inevitably Laila and Jammil fall in love and become fugitives. Aziz also decides to go to Brazil to make sure his marriage with Laila is fulfilled. Mysteriously, Aziz is murdered, to which his daughter, Dalila, goes to Brazil with a plan to get revenge on Jammil and Laila.

## Cast

* Julia Dalavia as Laila Faiek
* Renato Góes as Jammil Zarif
* Alice Wegmann as Dalila Abdallah / Basma Bakri
* Carmo Dalla Vecchia as Paul Abbás
* Rodrigo Simas as Bruno Monte Castelli
* Anajú Dorigon as Camila Nasser
* Kaysar Dadour as Fauze
* Emanuelle Araújo as Zuleika Nasser
* Danton Mello as Antonio Carlos Almeida (Delegado Almeidinha)
* Bia Arantes as Valéria Augusta
* Guilherme Fontes as Norberto Monte Castelli
* Leona Cavalli as Teresa Monte Castelli
* Ana Cecília Costa as Missade Faiek
* Marco Ricca as Elias Faiek
* Carol Castro as Dr. Helena Torquato
* Eliane Giardini as Rânia Anssarah Nasser
* Paulo Betti as Miguel Nasser
* Bruno Cabrerizo as Hussein Zarif
* Allan Souza Lima as Youssef Abdallah
* Veronica Debom as Sara Roth Fischer / Maria
* Marcelo Médici as Abner Blum
* Mouhamed Harfouch as Ali Al Aud
* Luana Martau as Latifa
* André Coimbra as Padre Zoran
* Simone Gutierrez as Aline Nasser Batista
* Guilhermina Libanio as Cibele Nasser
* Filipe Bragança as Benjamin Nasser Batista
* Glicério do Rosário as Caetano Batista
* Nicette Bruno as Ester Blum
* Osmar Prado as Bóris Fischer
* Betty Gofman as Eva Roth Fischer
* Flávio Migliaccio as Mamede Al Aud
* Paula Burlamaqui as Dr. Letícia Monteiro
* Eduardo Mossri as Dr. Faruq Murad
* Vitor Thiré as Davi Roth Fischer
* Blaise Musipère as Jean-Baptiste
* Eli Ferreira as Marie Patchou
* Ana Guasque as Mágida Hadi
* Lola Fanucchi as Muna Al Aud
* Leandro Firmino as Detetive Tomás
* Luciano Salles as Dr. Rogério Pessoa
* Darília Oliveira as Aida Abdallah
* Yasmin Garcez as Fairouz Abdallah
* Cristiane Amorim as Santinha
* Gabi Costa as Nazira Murad
* Rafael Sun as Arthur Nasser Batista (Arthurzinho)
* Letícia Carnaval as Yasmin Hadi / Yasmin Nasser Batista
* Sophia Roffe as Hadije
* Max Lima as Martim

### Guest cast

* Herson Capri as Sheik Aziz Abdallah
* Letícia Sabatella as Soraia Anssarah Abdallah
* Rodrigo Vidal as Khaled Faiek
* Alexandre Moreno as Delegado Evandro
* Raquel Fabbri as Estela
* Rafael Sieg as Rodrigo Torquato
* Beatrice Sayd as Samira
* Álvaro Brandão as Ahmed
* Thales Miranda as Arthurzinho (5 years old)

## Soundtrack

Órfãos da Terra (Trilha Sonora da Novela) is the soundtrack of the telenovela, released on 31 May 2019 by Som Livre.

## Ratings

| Season | Timeslot (BRT/AMT) | Episodes | First aired | First aired | Last aired | Last aired | Avg. viewers (points) |
| Season | Timeslot (BRT/AMT) | Episodes | Date | Viewers (in points) | Date | Viewers (in points) | Avg. viewers (points) |
| 1 | Mon–Sat 6:15 p.m. | 154 | 2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) | 22 | 27 September 2019 (2019-09-27) | 25 | 21.8 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result |
| 2019 | Rose d'Or | Best Telenovela | Duca Rachid & Thelma Guedes | Won |
| 2019 | Troféu APCA | Best Telenovela | Duca Rachid & Thelma Guedes | Nominated |
| 2019 | Troféu APCA | Best Actor | Flávio Migliaccio | Won |
| 2019 | Troféu APCA | Best Actor | Herson Capri | Nominated |
| 2019 | Melhores do Ano | Best Actor in Telenovela | Renato Góes | Nominated |
| 2019 | Melhores do Ano | Best Actress in Telenovela | Alice Wegmann | Nominated |
| 2019 | Melhores do Ano | Best Revelation Actor | Kaysar Dadour | Won |
| 2020 | Seoul International Drama Awards | Grand Prize | Duca Rachid & Thelma Guedes | Won |
| 2020 | International Emmy Award | Best Telenovela | Duca Rachid & Thelma Guedes | Won |