# A Lua Me Disse

A Lua Me Disse (English: Once in a Blue Moon) is a 2005 Brazilian telenovela created by Miguel Falabella and Maria Carmem Barbosa, and starring Adriana Esteves and Wagner Moura.

## Plot

Heloísa (Adriana Esteves) is a baby-sitter hired to work at Regina's mansion. There, she meets Ricardo and Gustavo (Wagner Moura), who both fall in love with her. Ricardo reveals himself to Heloísa, but Gustavo represses his feelings.
Heloísa and Ricardo have an affair and she gets pregnant, but his spiteful mother Ester (Zezé Polessa) forbids him to marry the nanny. After a heated discussion with his mother, Ricardo drives off in his car and dies in a tragic accident.
Heloísa raises her child by herself, suffering retaliation by Ester. When Heloísa, Ester and Gustavo meet to clarify the past, he reveals he has always loved Heloísa, much to his mother's displeasure and despair. Heloisa and Gustavo know their love story is struggle to prevent anything from happening. How the many twists and turns of this story unfold... only time will tell.

## Cast

| Actor/actress | Character |
| Adriana Esteves | Heloísa Queiroz |
| Zezé Polessa | Esther Bogari Prado |
| Wagner Moura | Gustavo Bogari Prado |
| Marcos Pasquim | Tadeu Martins Moraes |
| Arlete Salles | Ademilde Goldoni |
| Aracy Balabanian | Leontina Sá Marques |
| Débora Bloch | Maria Doroteia Sá Marques Dantas (Madô) |
| Maurício Mattar | Lúcio Dantas |
| Isabel Fillardis | Violeta da Mata |
| Natália Lage | Beatriz Nogueira Queiroz |
| Luiz Guilherme | José Carlos (Zé Bisonho) |
| Patrycia Travassos | Geórgia Bogari Lago |
| Monique Alfradique | Branca Sá Marques Benate |
| Paulo Vilhena | Adonias Goldoni |
| Zezeh Barbosa | Anastácia da Mata (Latoya) |
| Mary Sheyla | Jurema da Mata (Whitney) |
| Otávio Augusto | Alberto Queiroz |
| Pepita Rodrigues | Diva Queiroz |
| Chica Xavier | Dionísia da Mata |
| Mário Gomes | Agenor / Solano |
| Bete Coelho | Marisa Queiroz (Marisinha) |
| Maria Zilda Bethlem | Zelândia Fortunato |
| Cláudio Marzo | Ivan Lago |
| Stella Miranda | Adalgisa Goldoni |
| Bia Nunnes | Adail Goldoni |
| Giuseppe Oristanio | Armando Sá Marques |
| Beth Goulart | Elvira Sá Marques |
| Miguel Magno | Amoroso Valentín Pannacota (Dona Roma) |
| Elizângela | Assunta Velato |
| Luís Salém | Talarico Pereira |
| Maria Gladys | Naíde Alves |
| Diva Pacheco | Sulanca |
| José D'Artagnan Júnior | Adilson Goldoni |
| Guilhermina Guinle | Sílvia Bogari Lago |
| Juliana Baroni | Soraya Goldoni |
| Pedro Neschling | Murilo Queiroz (Murilinho) |
| Fernanda Rodrigues | Julieta Goldoni |
| Raoni Carneiro | Ramón Sá Marques |
| Rafael Paiva | Pedro Bogari Lago |
| Carol Machado | Vitza Vranska |
| Cássio Scapin | Samovar de Santa Luzia |
| Catarina Abdala | Dedeja |
| Ivan Cândido | Anselmo Gomes |
| Thelma Reston | Gôndola Goldoni |
| Jacqueline Laurence | Emelyne Junot (Memé) |
| Hugo Gross | Valdo Magalhães |
| Sylvia Massari | Meire de Souza (Morcega) |
| Adriano Garib | Dário Cotrim |
| Cristina Pereira | Roseta Castro Moura (Cigana Roseta) |
| Alexandre Zacchia | Nilson (Meia-Noite) |
| Simone Soares | Marta |
| Sandro Christopher | Dauro |
| Bumba | Índia Jaci |
| João Velho | Gibraltar Fortunato |
| Roberta Rodrigues | Zenóbia |
| Vergniaud Mendes | Joaquim Queiroz |
| Jorge de Sá | Jorge da Mata (Jorginho) |
| Mariana Vaz | Vilma |
| Guilherme Vieira | Artur Queiroz Bogari |
| Daniel Torres [pt] | Odorico |
| Renata Paschoal | Edna |
| Jorge Maya | Evaristo |
| Pia Manfroni | Taísa (Taisinha) |

## Special guests

| Actor/actress | Character |
| Maitê Proença | Maria Regina Sá Marques Benate |
| Frank Borges | Ricardo Bogari |
| Carlos Tufvesson | Himself |
| Ana Gloz | Dunya |