

Brave Woman
2012-10-22 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 7.2
A moving tale of courage and resilience in the struggle for freedom – this is the role that life has cast for headstrong Morena in Brave Woman. Raised in a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this tough and humble woman will spare no effort to protect her family and gain her independence.
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- Creators
- Glória Perez
- Production companies
- Estúdios Globo
- Countries
- Brazil
- Status
- Ended
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Nanda CostaMorena Santos Ribeiro
Rodrigo LombardiCapitão Théo Garcia
Cláudia RaiaLívia Marini
Totia MeirelesWanda Rodrigues / Djanira Araújo / Adalgisa Araújo
Giovanna AntonelliDelegada Heloísa Sampaio "Helô"
Alexandre NeroDetetive Stenio Alencar
CleoBianca Faber
Domingos MontagnerZyah Khalid
Dira PaesLucimar Ribeiro
Paloma BernardiRosângela
Adriano GaribAlejandro Martiniz "Russo"
Flávia AlessandraDrª. Érica Castro
Murilo RosaÉlcio Azevedo
Caco CioclerCelso Vieira
Leticia SpillerAntonia Alcântara
Dalton VighCarlos Flores Galvão
Lisandra SoutoAmanda Flores Galvão
Cristiana OliveiraYolanda Pereira Gomes Galvão
Antonio CalloniMustafá Ayata
Zezé PolessaBerna AyataTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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