# I Love Paraisópolis

I Love Paraisópolis (stylized as I ♥ Paraisópolis; Portuguese: Eu Amo Paraisópolis; or simply Paraisópolis) is a Brazilian access prime telenovela created and written by Alcides Nogueira & Mário Teixeira and directed by Wolf Maya, premiered on May 11, 2015 on TV Globo at 7:35 p.m. / 8:10 p.m. (BRT/AMT).
Bruna Marquezine, Tatá Werneck, Caio Castro, Letícia Spiller, Maria Casadevall, Alexandre Borges, Soraya Ravenle, Caroline Abras, Danton Mello, Fabíula Nascimento, Lucy Ramos, Carolina Oliveira, Dalton Vigh, Nicette Bruno, Henri Castelli and Maurício Destri are in the lead roles.

## Plot

Marizete (Mari) and Pandora (Danda) are not blood sisters and dwellers of the community of Paraisópolis, that dream of a better life. Eva and Jurandir (Juju), biological parents of Danda, adopted Mari after her mother, Eva's really good friend, died during childbirth. Mari and Danda grew up together and beyond the relationship as sisters, they developed a great friendship.
Mari dedicates to focus on her studies and work really hard with the dream of giving her own mother a home of her own. Danda, very attractive and vain, has more modest goals, working only to support her vanity, but very dedicated to her sister, her best friend.
A few meters from the community is the luxurious neighborhood of Morumbi, separated only by a street, where an architect named Benjamin lives. This one has a particular project, to redevelop Paraisópolis, the project is criticized by its Benjamin's mother (Soraya) and his stepfather (Gabo). Soraya disapproves of the son's relationship with the residents of the community. The couple holds a majority stake in the construction company Pilartex and sees the Paraisopolis area as a business opportunity, for real estate investment. The plot takes an unexpected turn after Benjamin, Margot's fiancé, meets Mari and falls in love with her.

## Cast

| Actor/Actress | Character |
| Bruna Marquezine | Marizete da Silva Antunes (Mari) |
| Maurício Destri | Benjamin de Albuquerque Brenner |
| Letícia Spiller | Soraya Maria Marins de Albuquerque Brenner |
| Tatá Werneck | Pandora Balbino Uchoa (Danda) |
| Frank Menezes | Evaristo Matheus Salsede Junior (Juneca) |
| Caroline Abras | Ximena Rodríguez de Freitas |
| Caio Castro | Gregório Evangelista Mourão (Grego) |
| Maria Casadevall | Margot Alcántara Bidalek |
| Lucy Ramos | Patrícia Machado Barreto |
| Giullia Buscacio | Bruna Bezerra Antunes |
| Alexandre Borges | Jurandir Graciano Balbino (Juju) |
| Soraya Ravenle | Eva Balbino Uchoa (Vivinha) |
| Pathy Dejesus | Alceste de Medeiros Rebouças |
| Lima Duarte | Giuseppe Sarti (Dom Peppino) |
| Henri Castelli | Gabriel de Albuquerque Brenner (Gabo) |
| Dalton Vigh | Tomás Bezerra Antunes |
| Ângela Vieira | Clarice Bezerra |
| Nicette Bruno | Izabel Maria Marins de Albuquerque Brenner (Izabelita) |
| Olívia Araújo | Melodia Pernambucana Freire |
| Fabíula Nascimento | Paula Evangelista da Conceição (Paulucha Rocambole) |
| Zezeh Barbosa | Dália Oliveira da Silva (Dalíssima) |
| Ilana Kaplan | Silvéria Mengarda Recanto de Queiroz |
| Danton Mello | Cícero de Paula Pereira Sanches |
| Paula Barbosa | Olga Dalcidi |
| Dani Ornellas | Deodora de Fátima Almeida/ Deodora Sarti |
| Carolina Oliveira | Natasha Evangelista da Conceição |
| Paula Cohen | Rosicler Pereira Sanches |
| Juliana Lohmann | Neide Aparecida (Neidinha) |
| Françoise Forton | Isolda Pires da Silva |
| Eduardo Dussek | Armando Prado (Armandinho) |
| Mariana Xavier | Claudete Rufino Bantim |
| Luana Martau | Mirela Recanto de Queiroz |
| André Loddi | Raul Mendes da Costa |
| Gil Coelho | Lindomar Recanto de Queiroz |
| José Dumont | Expedito Rufino Bantim |
| Tuna Dwek | Ramira Aparecida Rufino Bantim |
| José Rubens Chachá | Fradique Recanto de Queiroz |
| Lesliana Pereira | Tairine |
| Fredy Costa | Robélio |
| Giovanni Gallo | Tadeu Barros |
| Daniel Ribeiro | Itamar Timbó |
| Alice Borges | Albertina Taveira da Anunciação (Tinoca) |
| Babu Santana | José Polidório (Javai) |
| Danilo Mesquita | Máximo Evangelista da Conceição (Primo) |
| Carolina Pismel | Janice Alcoforado Costolla |
| Maureen Miranda | Ester Matilde Montes |
| Maria Paula Lima | Urbana Rosália de Castro |
| Thainá Duarte | Lilica Almeida |
| Cláudio Fontana | Dilson Alcoforado Costolla |
| Leandro Daniel | Felisberto Cruz (Sereno) |
| Márcio Rosário | Epaminondas dos Santos (Bazunga) |
| Gustavo Piaskoski | Joaquim Bezerra Antunes |
| Iuri Kruschewsky | Claudinei |
| Gregoire Blanzat | Lourenço de Albuquerque Brenner |
| Raffael Pietro | Pedro de Albuquerque Brenner (Pedroca) |
| Ricardo Blat | Adônia Severiano Rodrigues (Sabão) |
| Patrícia Elizardo | Monserrá Taveira |

## Impact
### 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 7:30pm. | 155 | May 11, 2015 | 29 | November 6, 2015 | 27 | #1 | 2015 | 24 |