Cristal

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The series ran 1 season across 125 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

Synopsis

Cristal is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from June 5 to October 27, 2006. It is an adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela Cristal (1985), created by Delia Fiallo. Adapted by Anamaria Nunes, with collaboration from Maria Lúcia Dahl, Marcelo César Fagundes, Eleusa Mancini, and Rogério Garcia, the telenovela stars Bianca Castanho, Dado Dolabella, Bete Coelho, Marisol Ribeiro, Alexandre Barillari, Giuseppe Oristanio, Bárbara Paz, and Eliana Guttman. The story follows Cristina, a young woman abandoned by her mother, Vitória, shortly after birth and raised in a convent. Years later, Cristina becomes a successful model known as Cristal and unknowingly crosses paths with her biological mother, now a powerful fashion businesswoman. While searching for her identity and a place in the world, Cristina falls in love with João Pedro, but their romance is threatened by family secrets, social differences, jealousy, and the painful revelations about her past.

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Key crew

• Mayara MagriDirector
• Del RangelDirector
• Herval RossanoDirector
• Jacques LagoaDirector
• Anamaria NunesWriter
• Luiz Antônio PiáDirector
• David GrimbergDirector

Cast

• Bianca CastanhoCristina de Jesus / Cris / Cristal da Silva
• Dado DolabellaJoão Pedro da Silva Ascânio
• Bete CoelhoVitória da Silva Ascânio
• Giuseppe OristanioAlex Ascânio
• Marisol RibeiroMarion Bandeira de Carvalho
• Victor WagnerPadre Ângelo de Jesus
• Eliana GuttmanDona Luísa
• Vera GimenezLucélia Bandeira de Carvalho
• Luiz BaccelliErasmo Bandeira de Carvalho
• Jonas MelloInspetor Tenente Fonseca
• Patrícia MayoDona Zete
• Maria Eugênia de DomênicoCelina

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