O Beijo do Vampiro

O Beijo do Vampiro El Beso del Vampiro
Deborah Secco played one of the antagonist vampires, Lara
Created by	Antônio Calmon
Starring	Flávia Alessandra Tarcísio Meira Cláudia Raia Marco Ricca Júlia Lemmertz Alexandre Borges Deborah Secco Kayky Brito and big cast
Opening theme	"Blue Moon" (The Marcels)
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language(s)	Portuguese
No. of episodes	215
Production
Running time	50 min.
Release
Original network	Rede Globo
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original release	August 26, 2002 – May 3, 2003
Chronology
Preceded by	Desejos de Mulher
Followed by	Kubanacan

O Beijo do Vampiro (English: A Vampire's Kiss) is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from August 26, 2002 to May 3, 2003, totaling 215 chapters, substituting Desejos de Mulher and preceding Kubanacan.

In the 12th century, the vampire Bóris Vladescu falls in love with Cecília, a beautiful princess betrothed to Count Rogério. Bóris, jealous of their love, fights Rogério in front of the princess in the castle and defenestrates him. Later he kills Cecília's parents and brothers. Depressed after losing her beloved husband and family and forced to marry a vampire, Cecília commits suicide by throwing herself from the same tower where Rogério died.

Almost 800 years later, Bóris has a son with Marie, an English woman who dies in childbirth. In the Maramures city hospital, Bóris to protect his son from his wife Mina d' Montmatre, hides him by switching him with another baby - the son of Lívia and Bobby, the reincarnations of Cecília and Rogério, respectively. The years pass and his son, Zeca grows up as one of Lívia's children. Her true son, Renato was left in an orphanage and becomes homeless, and also befriends Zeca and his brothers Tetê and Júnior. Zeca lives a normal as ordinary boy until his vampiric instincts become more evident at the age of 13. Bóris is awakened from his slumber along with Mina, and they need to take Zeca as quickly as possible because Bóris need an heir, or their family will die and Bóris will be considered responsible. Also, Bobby dies in airplane crash caused by Bóris.

Other characters that enrich the plot. Augusto, a district attorney, feuds with Armando, because he wants to preserve a historical monument while Armando wants to demolish it to build a shopping center. Augusto also has feelings for Lívia, but she only thinks of him as friend. Galileo is a clumsy but kind-hearted vampire hunter who belongs to a great line of vampire-hunters. His son, Bartô is bitten by Mina's servant Amélie and begins dating her. Galileo falls in love with Zoroastra, Lívia's mother, who is secretly a witch fighting the local vampires. Martha, Augusto's sister-in-law, is blinded by a car accident that killed her sister; she becomes an evil stepmother to Augusto's children. Later, she is bitten by Bóris, becoming his vampire bride. The vampiric duo terrorize the city.

Bóris come to Maramures, under the name Igor Pivomar (his surname Pivomar is an anagram of Vampiro, which is Portuguese for Vampire), a businessman who owns the licensing of everything related to vampires. He possess the body of Rodrigo, a mysterious and lonely man seeking Lívia's attention, initiating a complex battle between Bóris, Rodrigo and Augusto for the love of Lívia. During his stay in Maramures, he turn a criminal called Godzilla into a vampire and his loyal servant.