A Indomada

A Indomada La Indomable
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Aguinaldo Silva Ricardo Linhares
Starring	Adriana Esteves Eva Wilma José Mayer Ary Fontoura Cláudio Marzo Renata Sorrah Betty Faria Paulo Betti Luíza Tomé Ana Lúcia Torre Eliane Giardini Flávio Galvão Marcos Frota Flávia Alessandra Marcos Winter Selton Mello Nívea Stelmann
Opening theme	"Maracatudo"
Composer(s)	Sérgio Mendes
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language(s)	Portuguese
No. of episodes	203
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	Rede Globo
Original release	February 17 – October 11, 1997

A Indomada (English: The Untamed) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Globo February 17 to October 11, 1997. Authored by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linares, with the collaboration of Maria Elisa Berredo, Mark Silver and Nadotti Nelson and directed by Marcos Paulo Roberto Naar and Luiz Henrique Reis, had the general direction and core Marcos Paulo.

Featured actors Adriana Esteves, José Mayer, Eva Wilma and Ary Fontoura leading roles in the plot. Sergio Kato did a cameo role as the character "Arnold".

Greenville - fictional town on the coast of northeastern Brazil, built in the image of old England, due to the influence of the British, long before there had built the Great Western Railway. Proud of his city, said to be "a piece of England in Brazil," the greenvillenses strictly adhere to the British traditions, not abdicating or the afternoon tea, the five o'clock tea, and getting to mix English with Portuguese, always with the unmistakable northern accent.

For decades, manufacturers of sugar and molasses made this region a very wealthy place. Among them was the Monguaba Factory, owned by the richest and most traditional family in Greenville, the Mendonça e Albuquerque.

It all starts when Eulalia, the heiress of Monguaba, falls for the cane cutter Zé Leandro, and they have an intense romance. Suspicious, Eulalia's older brother, Pedro Afonso, doubting the true intentions of Zé Leandro, forbids their relationship, even threatening the boy to death. Fearing for the life of her beloved, Eulalia helps him escape, while he vows to return one day to get her back and bring her with him. Months later, Eulalia gives birth to a daughter, Lucia Helena (known only as Helena), whom she teaches to wait for her father.

Fifteen years later, a stranger named Teobaldo Faruk, son of an Egyptian father (deceased) and a Brazilian mother, comes to town and soon becomes fascinated with Eulalia. However, she is still waiting for Zé Leandro. On the other hand, Maria Altiva, Pedro Afonso's wife, humiliates Teobaldo, saying that a stranger without a penny is not worth approaching a Mendonça e Albuquerque. Teobaldo vows revenge. He finds out that Pedro Afonso, a gambling addict, owes money to several people to whom he signed promissory notes.

One day, Zé Leandro returns, ready to flee with Eulalia and Helena and start a new life with them, with a fortune in precious gems that he managed to gather working in mining. After arranging the flight, he teaches Helena the value of land, which she will never forget. However, the fleeing boat sinks and Zé Leandro drowns on the spot. Eulalia also dies, asking Helena to trust Theobaldo, who had gotten rich.

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