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Plot Summary:
Esther, the Queen tells the story of a beautiful young lady, and Jewish at a time when her people were persecuted and she must avoid all of being extinct. The drama takes place in Persian Empire, where King Ahasuerus called all the virgins of the kingdom so he could choose a new queen for him. When he meets Esther, King Ahasuerus falls in love with her immediately, without knowing the truth about her origin. Esther surrenders to the love of the king and reveals her true feelings for him. They get married she is crowned queen of the whole Persian Empire. However, not everything is the plot is romance. Prejudice, jealousy and many traps are armed by Haman, the prime minister who convinces the king to exterminate the Jews. When she finds out such brutality to his people, Esther finds courage to tell the King about his Jewish origin and begs him to have pity and don't take off the Jews' life.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: soap opera, novela
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The lives of the members of the Pons family change suddenly when Frida mysteriously disappears on the night of her father's birthday party.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: novela
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Victory! (2014)
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The main story is about Artur (Bruno Ferrari), the rich young owner of Arminho Ranch, who holds a grudge against his alleged father Gregório (AntônioGrassi). At the age of twelve, Artur, who was baptized as Mossoró, became paraplegic after he fell off a horse given by his father Gregório, who never managed to cope with this tragedy and ended up rejecting Mossoró. Clarice (Beth Goulart) is Artur's mother, Gregório's first wife, and teaches at Priscila Schiller school. She can't live with the troubled relationship between her son and her husband and decides to run away with her first born to Curacao, hiding the secret of his father's identity for years, until, upon realizing Artur's thirst for vengeance, she reveals that Gregório is not his biological father. But this doesn't alleviate his hate, and he commits his mother to a psychiatric hospital so she won't get in the way of his revenge. Clarice eventually becomes addicted to medications. Dominated by his desire for vengeance, Artur.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama
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Duration:
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Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas was a soap aired by ABS-CBN that premiered on May 19, 2003 and ended July 9, 2004. It is a love story of two star-crossed lovers who suffer for their parents’ long forgotten sins. Christian and Ara battle the odd twists and turns of fate in the hopes of protecting a love that withstands the test of time. The series was headlined by Jericho Rosales, Kristine Hermosa, Diether Ocampo and Angelika dela Cruz.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 46
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Dua and her husband are a perfect married couple in the eyes of their family. However, Dua’s life turns upside down when her husband seeks her permission to marry another woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
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Plot Summary:
Samson is a courageous man, strong, fearless, a Hebrew who fights many armies of his people enemies, and savage beasts; also, he keeps to himself the mysterious secret of his strength. He was born as the promise of being the rescuer of his people who were oppressed and persecuted. Delilah hear about the triumph of Samson, she is a Philistine woman who has a exuberant beauty and is extremely ambitious. She was chosen by Inarus, prince of Gaza to be another of his courtesans in palace. In search of power, Dalila calls attention for being pretty and soon becomes the favorite among all the courtesans. Samson is unbeatable, wins many battles and brief anger its main enemy, the Philistine. The prince Inarus got infuriated as much as the Hebrew warrior's victory on his army - so well armed and prepared - that the prince allows Delilah to persuade Samson in order to discover the secret of his strength.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 87
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Drama
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IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 285
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 42
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 47
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 299
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 50
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 28
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 214
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 43
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 67
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 265
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 127
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 47
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Country: Mexico
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 23
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 41
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Desejo Proibido is a Brazilian telenovela broadcast by Globo Network, at 6 pm, every day, except Sunday. In the cast: Fernanda Vasconcellos, Murilo Rosa and Daniel de Oliveira.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 68
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 79
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Corazones al límite is a Mexican telenovela about a teenage girl named Diana who was emotionally neglected from her parents, and felt unwanted. After being expelled from her boarding school in Switzerland, Diana goes back to live with her parents.
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IMDB Votes: 42
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 14
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IMDB Votes: 81
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 329
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