Quero é Viver (English title: Life is Life)[1] is a Portuguese telenovela produced by Plural Entertainmenta dn aired from 3 January 2022 to 18 March 2023, replacing Bem me Quer and was replaced by Queridos Papás. It is adapted from the Chilean telenovela Casa de muñecos, and was adapted by Helena Amaral. It is filmed in Lisbon, Oeiras, Cascais and Arrábida.

Quero é Viver
GenreTelenovela
Based onCasa de muñecos
by Inês Gomes
Directed by
Country of originPortugal
Original languagePortuguese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes322 (282 International Version)[1]
Production
ProducerPlural Entertainment
Production companyTVI
Original release
NetworkTVI
Release3 January 2022 (2022-01-03) –
18 March 2023 (2023-03-18)

The novela stars São José Lapa, Rita Pereira, Fernanda Serrano, Sara Barradas and Joana Seixas.

Plot

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Ana Margarida Rosa Lobo (São José Lapa), an actress at the end of her career, aged 70, feels that she has completed a cycle and believes that she has to make the most of the years of life that she has left, and with that, without giving explanations to no one decides to end her five-decade marriage with Sérgio (Fernando Rodrigues). Ana wants to live and enjoy a freedom she has never experienced by putting her desires, her interests and her dreams first.

Ana's decision to ask Sérgio for a divorce causes a turnaround in the professional and personal lives of her four daughters, Maria, Natália, Olga and Irene. She wants to pass on a legacy to her daughters: it's never too late to change; It is never too late to be happy; It's never too late to learn to love and value yourself. Each new day as if it were the last. And faced with this situation, the family will be tested to the limit and the four women change the way they look at life, questioning the loving relationships that they too have built.

Cast

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Actor/Actress Character
São José Lapa Ana Margarida Rosa Lobo
Fernanda Serrano Natália Rosa Lobo Andrade
Joana Seixas Irene Rosa Lobo Amado
Rita Pereira Maria Rosa Lobo Furtado
Sara Barradas Olga Rosa Lobo Sidónio
Fernando Rodrigues Sérgio Telles Lobo
Diogo Infante Frederico Andrade
Pedro Hossi Santiago Amado
Filipe Vargas José «Zé» Luís Furtado
Tiago Felizardo Rodrigo Machado Sidónio
Thiago Rodrigues Gabriel Menezes de Sousa
Helena Isabel Graça Pires
Leonor Seixas Lúcia Vaz
Isaac Alfaiate Raúl Pires
Susana Arrais Sofia Pombeiro Vaz
Liliana Santos Estrela Godinho / Luísa de Jesus
Miguel Flor de Lima Pastor Dave Formosinho
Cléo Malulo Ivanilda Costa
João Nunes Monteiro Rómulo Pires
Filipa Pinto Liliana «Lili» Valente
Margarida Corceiro Rita Vieira Menezes de Sousa
João Gadelha Fábio Maurício
João Bettencourt Matias Lobo Andrade
Diogo Carvalho Tomás Alcaide de Matos
Henrique Mello Fernando Vaz

Special Participation

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Actor/Actress Character
Rita Ribeiro Vera
Miguel Guilherme Rodolfo
Cucha Carvalheiro Domingas Amado

Child Cast

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Actor/Actress Character
Tomás Sousa Francisco Lobo Furtado
Madalena Vicente Constança Lobo Furtado
Salvador Pires Sebastião Lobo Amado
Laura Seiça Beatriz Lobo Amado
Laura Leite Matilde Lobo Cigala
Sofia Cupido Leonor Lobo Sidónio
Tomás Andrade Lourenço
Gustavo Benza Raúl (child)
Luís Henrique Matos Rómulo (child)
Beatriz Rosa Olga (child)
Matilde Serrão
Matilde Serrador
Melissa Matias Maria (child)

Additional Cast

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Actor/Actress Character
Rui M. Silva Carlos Miguel Vaz
Duarte Melo Guilherme Pombeiro Vaz
Ana Cloe Susana Vieira
Rui Gonçalves Tiago
Nélson Cabral Faustino
Paula Luiz Verónica
Catarina Sousa Campos Cláudia
Sandra José Carmen
Inês Lapa Lopes Ana Margarida (Young)
Nuno Casanovas Sérgio (Young)
Joana Brandão Filipa Batalha
Lita Pedreira Mafalda
Inês Aguiar Dora
Ana Mafalda Regina
Pompeu José Quim
Carolina Castelinho Elis
Diva O'Branco Teresa
Camila Cerqueira Lia
Lavínia Moreira Mãe da Lili
Daniel Viana Lima
Vítor Alves da Silva Nuno Mesquitela
Eric Santos Osvaldo
Rui Luís Brás Dr. Ferro
Sofia Nicholson Belicha

References

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  1. ^ a b "Life is Life". 15 October 2022.