Plot
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.
Cast
as Isabel Nascimento
as Zé Maria
as Laura Assunção Vieira
as Edgar Vieira
as Constância Assunção, Baronesa da Boa Vista
as Bonifácio Vieira
as Catarina Ribeiro
as Alberto Assunção Filho ("Albertinho")
as Berenice
as Tia Jurema