
Roque Santeiro
In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.
Seasons

1. Chapter 1
Air Date: 1985-06-24
Asa Branca is getting a statue of Roque Santeiro seventeen years after the hero saved the city. Dona Mocinha complains that the statue doesn't resemble Roque, her ex-fiancé.

2. Chapter 2
Air Date: 1985-06-25
Gerson gets angry at Roque's widow's attitude and tries to file a complaint against her with the police. Mocinha tells Dona Pombinha that she will never marry and will die single.

3. Chapter 3 (Part 1)
Air Date: 1985-06-26
Pombinha and Mocinha confront Matilde about the opening of the nightclub, but the dancers stand up to them. Sinhozinho Malta visits the widow Porcina, but she pretends to be ill.

4. Chapter 3 (Part 2)
Air Date: 1985-06-27
The film crew meets Roque Santeiro's father and brother. The widow, Porcina, seeks out the film's director to discuss the script.

5. Chapter 4
Air Date: 1985-06-28
Porcina orders Gerson to remove Mocinha's scene from the script. Mocinha calls Roberto Mathias for a chat and discovers that he will be playing Roque Santeiro in the film.

6. Chapter 5
Air Date: 1985-06-29
Mocinha tries on her wedding dress. At the unveiling of the statue, Mocinha and Widow Porcina have a heated argument, each saying that the other should not be the one being honored.

7. Chapter 6
Air Date: 1985-07-01
Tânia tells Roberto that she is not attracted to him. A bomb explodes at the Sexus nightclub before its opening. Mocinha goes to Porcina's house for the statue's unveiling party.

8. Chapter 7
Air Date: 1985-07-02
Sinhozinho Malta tells Tânia that he feels lonely. Astromar says he's in love with Mocinha. Tânia asks the farmhands about the accident that killed her mother.

9. Chapter 8
Air Date: 1985-07-03
Tânia tells Porcina that she doesn't mind her marrying Sinhozinho Malta, and the two argue. Mocinha tells Zé das Medalhas that she has a relic from Roque Santeiro.

10. Chapter 9
Air Date: 1985-07-04
Roberto Mathias goes to visit Porcina and the two sleep together. Roberto oversleeps and doesn't show up for the recording. Pombinha sees the dancers from the Sexus nightclub at the church.

11. Chapter 10
Air Date: 1985-07-05
Sinhozinho Malta promises to reopen the Sexus nightclub. Roberto Mathias and Porcina go out together. Linda tries to talk to Lulu, Zé das Medalhas' wife, without success. Malta sleeps at the nightclub.

12. Chapter 11
Air Date: 1985-07-06
Mocinha runs to Roque's statue. Malta's mother-in-law appears and says she's going to live on the farm. Roberto Mathias goes to visit Porcina. Lulu leaves home and goes to Matilde's nightclub.

13. Chapter 12
Air Date: 1985-07-08
The nightclub is reopened. Tito is thinking about opening a candle factory in Asa Branca. Pombinha and Mocinha gather the women of Asa Branca to protest against the opening of Sexus.

14. Chapter 13
Air Date: 1985-07-09
Porcina meets Dona Marcelina, the mother of Sinhozinho Malta's ex-wife. Professor Astromar prepares to destroy Roque's statue when he is interrupted by a drunkard.

15. Chapter 14
Air Date: 1985-07-10
Lulu asks Zé to take her to the nightclub. Matilde receives a mysterious letter. Linda and Gerson go to Sexus. The women of the city gather at the nightclub's door with brooms in their hands.

16. Chapter 15
Air Date: 1985-07-11
The women prepare to storm the nightclub, but Matilde and the girls fight back. Linda Bastos is hit. Roberto prepares to flee Porcina's house when he sees Malta arriving.

17. Chapter 16
Air Date: 1985-07-12
Sinhozinho Malta goes to the inn where Roberto Mathias is staying. Porcina sends Mina to the inn with a note telling Roberto not to visit her.

18. Chapter 17
Air Date: 1985-07-13
Mina makes up an excuse for Sinhozinho Malta, and he tells Matilde that he will have to close the nightclub. The note from the widow Porcina reaches Roberto Mathias, but Matilde intercepts it.

19. Chapter 18
Air Date: 1985-07-15
Porcina calls Roberto Mathias. Roberto and Tânia almost kiss. Lulu meets Father Albano and confesses to him. Porcina goes to the inn to look for Roberto.

20. Chapter 19
Air Date: 1985-07-16
Gerson asks Roberto Mathias to get close to the widow Porcina to keep her away from the filming. One of Porcina's henchmen goes to fetch Roberto, but he says he can't go.

21. Chapter 20
Air Date: 1985-07-17
Malta threatens Roberto. Porcina returns alone from the farm and goes to watch a recording of Roberto when she is surprised by Malta. Roberto is kidnapped by Porcina's henchmen.

22. Chapter 21
Air Date: 1985-07-18
Everyone is searching for Roberto, who is taken by the henchmen to Porcina's farm. Tânia goes to find Malta and accuses him of kidnapping Roberto because she suspects they are dating.

23. Chapter 22
Air Date: 1985-07-19
Malta asks Porcina if she is involved in Roberto's disappearance. Gerson declares his love for Linda. Lulu borrows a dress from Linda. Tania goes to pick up Roberto at the inn.

24. Chapter 23
Air Date: 1985-07-20
Dondinha overhears João Ligeiro saying he's in love with another woman. An old acquaintance goes to the nightclub looking for Matilde. Porcina tells Malta she's going to buy her wedding dress.

25. Chapter 24
Air Date: 1985-07-22
Porcina meets Roberto Mathias at the inn. Zé das Medalhas tells Jiló that Mocinha has the original saints made by Roque Santeiro. Tânia looks for Roberto at the boarding house.

26. Chapter 25
Air Date: 1985-07-23
Roberto tells Sinhozinho Malta that he has nothing to do with Tânia. Malta tells the widow Porcina that he is considering allowing Tânia and Roberto to date. Linda buys Porcina's land.

27. Chapter 26
Air Date: 1985-07-24
Tânia argues with Sinhozinho. The tailor Jura, a friend of Matilde, arrives in town to make the widow Porcina's dress. Tânia declares her love for Roberto. Roque returns to town.

28. Chapter 27
Air Date: 1985-07-25
Roque looks for a room at Matilde's inn and is surprised by how much Asa Branca has grown. Roque goes to church and, without anyone seeing, leaves the monstrance on the altar.

29. Chapter 28
Air Date: 1985-07-26
Roque watches the filming of the scene in which he is killed by the gang of the bandit Navalhada. Everyone believes the monstrance descended from heaven. Mocinha faints upon seeing Roque.

30. Chapter 29
Air Date: 1985-07-27
Matilde tells the story of the legend of Roque to Roque himself, without knowing who he is. Roque goes to confess to Father Hipólito.

31. Chapter 30
Air Date: 1985-07-29
Father Hipólito faints and Roque begs for forgiveness. Father Hipólito discovers the truth about what happened seventeen years earlier, when a razor-wielding attack swept through the city, and tells Florindo about it.

32. Chapter 31
Air Date: 1985-07-30
Roque and Porcina meet, but Roque makes no mention of knowing her. Alone with Roque, Porcina tells him that Sinhozinho Malta invented the whole story of her marriage to Roque.

33. Chapter 32
Air Date: 1985-07-31
Roque sleeps at Porcina's house. Sinhozinho Malta, worried, goes home but returns the next day looking for Roque, and Mina informs him that he has left.

34. Chapter 33
Air Date: 1985-08-01
Roque learns that his father has become a saint. Florindo, Father Hipólito, and Sinhozinho Malta go to Roque to tell him what they have decided about his fate, but they cannot reach an agreement.

35. Chapter 34
Air Date: 1985-08-02
Terêncio catches Roberto and Tânia kissing and tells Sinhozinho Malta, who gets upset. Sinhozinho offers Roque money to disappear from Asa Branca.

36. Chapter 35
Air Date: 1985-08-03
Luizão asks Lulu to let his daughter film the scene where, at eight years old, she had a vision of Roque. When Lulu goes to explain how it all happened, she looks ahead and sees Roque.

37. Chapter 36
Air Date: 1985-08-05
Roque appears in the room and Sinhozinho Malta plays a trick to hide him from Pombinha, intriguing everyone. Malta catches Roberto and Tânia together and orders Terêncio to capture the actor.

38. Chapter 37
Air Date: 1985-08-06
Sinhozinho Malta takes Roberto Mathias to his home, surprising his daughter. Mirna sees the saints in Roque's room and discovers that the guest used to be a saint maker.

39. Chapter 38
Air Date: 1985-08-07
Porcina, Sinhozinho Malta, and the mayor meet and ask the priest to tell Roque Santeiro to leave Asa Branca and say that this is God's will.

40. Chapter 39
Air Date: 1985-08-08
Ninon hears the werewolf's howl again. Roque witnesses the end of a pilgrimage by a man who made a promise to Roque Santeiro and carried a cross from Belo Horizonte to Asa Branca.

41. Chapter 40
Air Date: 1985-08-09

42. Chapter 41
Air Date: 1985-08-10

43. Chapter 42
Air Date: 1985-08-12

44. Chapter 43
Air Date: 1985-08-13

45. Chapter 44
Air Date: 1985-08-14

46. Chapter 45
Air Date: 1985-08-15

47. Chapter 46
Air Date: 1985-08-16

48. Chapter 47
Air Date: 1985-08-17

49. Chapter 48
Air Date: 1985-08-19

50. Chapter 49
Air Date: 1985-08-20
51. Chapters 50 & 51
Air Date: 1985-08-21
52. Chapter 52
Air Date: 1985-08-22
53. Chapter 53
Air Date: 1985-08-23
54. Chapter 54
Air Date: 1985-08-24
55. Chapter 55
Air Date: 1985-08-26
56. Chapter 56
Air Date: 1985-08-27
57. Chapter 57
Air Date: 1985-08-28
58. Chapter 58
Air Date: 1985-08-29
59. Chapter 59
Air Date: 1985-08-30
60. Chapter 60
Air Date: 1985-08-31
61. Chapter 61
Air Date: 1985-09-02
62. Chapter 62
Air Date: 1985-09-03
63. Chapter 63
Air Date: 1985-09-04
64. Chapter 64
Air Date: 1985-09-05
65. Chapter 65
Air Date: 1985-09-06
66. Chapter 66
Air Date: 1985-09-07
67. Chapter 67
Air Date: 1985-09-09
68. Chapter 68
Air Date: 1985-09-10
69. Chapter 69
Air Date: 1985-09-11
70. Chapter 70
Air Date: 1985-09-12
71. Chapter 71
Air Date: 1985-09-13
72. Chapter 72
Air Date: 1985-09-14
73. Chapter 73
Air Date: 1985-09-16
74. Chapter 74
Air Date: 1985-09-17
75. Chapter 75
Air Date: 1985-09-18
76. Chapter 76
Air Date: 1985-09-19
77. Chapter 77
Air Date: 1985-09-20
78. Chapter 78
Air Date: 1985-09-21
79. Chapter 79
Air Date: 1985-09-23
80. Chapter 80
Air Date: 1985-09-24
81. Chapter 81
Air Date: 1985-09-25
82. Chapter 82
Air Date: 1985-09-26
83. Chapter 83
Air Date: 1985-09-27
84. Chapter 84
Air Date: 1985-09-28
85. Chapter 85
Air Date: 1985-09-30
86. Chapter 86
Air Date: 1985-10-01
87. Chapter 87
Air Date: 1985-10-02
88. Chapter 88
Air Date: 1985-10-03
89. Chapter 89
Air Date: 1985-10-04
90. Chapter 90
Air Date: 1985-10-05
91. Chapter 91
Air Date: 1985-10-07
92. Chapter 92
Air Date: 1985-10-08
93. Chapter 93
Air Date: 1985-10-09
94. Chapter 94
Air Date: 1985-10-10
95. Chapter 95
Air Date: 1985-10-11
96. Chapter 96
Air Date: 1985-10-12
97. Chapter 97
Air Date: 1985-10-14
98. Chapter 98
Air Date: 1985-10-15
99. Chapter 99
Air Date: 1985-10-16
100. Chapter 100
Air Date: 1985-10-17
101. Chapter 101
Air Date: 1985-10-18
102. Chapter 102
Air Date: 1985-10-19
103. Chapter 103
Air Date: 1985-10-21
104. Chapter 104
Air Date: 1985-10-22
105. Chapter 105
Air Date: 1985-10-23
106. Chapter 106
Air Date: 1985-10-24
107. Chapter 107
Air Date: 1985-10-25
108. Chapter 108
Air Date: 1985-10-26
109. Chapter 109
Air Date: 1985-10-28
110. Chapter 110
Air Date: 1985-10-29
111. Chapter 111
Air Date: 1985-10-30
112. Chapter 112
Air Date: 1985-10-31
113. Chapter 113
Air Date: 1985-11-01
114. Chapter 114
Air Date: 1985-11-02
115. Chapter 115
Air Date: 1985-11-04
116. Chapter 116
Air Date: 1985-11-05
117. Chapter 117
Air Date: 1985-11-06
118. Chapter 118
Air Date: 1985-11-07
119. Chapter 119
Air Date: 1985-11-08
120. Chapter 120
Air Date: 1985-11-09
121. Chapter 121
Air Date: 1985-11-11
122. Chapter 122
Air Date: 1985-11-12
123. Chapter 123
Air Date: 1985-11-13
124. Chapter 124
Air Date: 1985-11-14
125. Chapter 125
Air Date: 1985-11-15
126. Chapter 126
Air Date: 1985-11-16
127. Chapter 127
Air Date: 1985-11-18
128. Chapter 128
Air Date: 1985-11-19
129. Chapter 129
Air Date: 1985-11-20
130. Chapter 130
Air Date: 1985-11-21
131. Chapter 131
Air Date: 1985-11-22
132. Chapter 132
Air Date: 1985-11-23
133. Chapter 133
Air Date: 1985-11-25
134. Chapter 134
Air Date: 1985-11-26
135. Chapter 135
Air Date: 1985-11-27
136. Chapter 136
Air Date: 1985-11-28
137. Chapter 137
Air Date: 1985-11-29
138. Chapter 138
Air Date: 1985-11-30
139. Chapter 139
Air Date: 1985-12-02
140. Chapter 140
Air Date: 1985-12-03
141. Chapter 141
Air Date: 1985-12-04
142. Chapter 142
Air Date: 1985-12-05
143. Chapter 143
Air Date: 1985-12-06
144. Chapter 144
Air Date: 1985-12-07
145. Chapter 145
Air Date: 1985-12-09
146. Chapter 146
Air Date: 1985-12-10
147. Chapter 147
Air Date: 1985-12-11
148. Chapter 148
Air Date: 1985-12-12
149. Chapter 149
Air Date: 1985-12-13
150. Chapter 150
Air Date: 1985-12-14
151. Chapter 151
Air Date: 1985-12-16
152. Chapter 152
Air Date: 1985-12-17
153. Chapter 153
Air Date: 1985-12-18
154. Chapter 154
Air Date: 1985-12-19
155. Chapter 155
Air Date: 1985-12-20
156. Chapter 156
Air Date: 1985-12-21
157. Chapter 157
Air Date: 1985-12-23
158. Chapter 158
Air Date: 1985-12-24
159. Chapter 159
Air Date: 1985-12-25
160. Chapter 160
Air Date: 1985-12-26
161. Chapter 161
Air Date: 1985-12-27
162. Chapter 162
Air Date: 1985-12-28
163. Chapter 163
Air Date: 1985-12-30
164. Chapter 164
Air Date: 1985-12-31
165. Chapter 165
Air Date: 1986-01-01
166. Chapter 166
Air Date: 1986-01-02
167. Chapter 167
Air Date: 1986-01-03
168. Chapter 168
Air Date: 1986-01-04
169. Chapter 169
Air Date: 1986-01-06
170. Chapter 170
Air Date: 1986-01-07
171. Chapter 171
Air Date: 1986-01-08
172. Chapter 172
Air Date: 1986-01-09
173. Chapter 173
Air Date: 1986-01-10
174. Chapter 174
Air Date: 1986-01-11
175. Chapter 175
Air Date: 1986-01-13
176. Chapter 176
Air Date: 1986-01-14
177. Chapter 177
Air Date: 1986-01-15
178. Chapter 178
Air Date: 1986-01-16
179. Chapter 179
Air Date: 1986-01-17
180. Chapter 180
Air Date: 1986-01-18
181. Chapter 181
Air Date: 1986-01-20
182. Chapter 182
Air Date: 1986-01-21
183. Chapter 183
Air Date: 1986-01-22
184. Chapter 184
Air Date: 1986-01-23
185. Chapter 185
Air Date: 1986-01-24
186. Chapter 186
Air Date: 1986-01-25
187. Chapter 187
Air Date: 1986-01-27
188. Chapter 188
Air Date: 1986-01-28
189. Chapter 189
Air Date: 1986-01-29
190. Chapter 190
Air Date: 1986-01-30
191. Chapter 191
Air Date: 1986-01-31
192. Chapter 192
Air Date: 1986-02-01
193. Chapter 193
Air Date: 1986-02-03
194. Chapter 194
Air Date: 1986-02-04
195. Chapter 195
Air Date: 1986-02-05
196. Chapter 196
Air Date: 1986-02-06
197. Chapter 197
Air Date: 1986-02-07
198. Chapter 198
Air Date: 1986-02-08
199. Chapter 199
Air Date: 1986-02-10
200. Chapter 200
Air Date: 1986-02-11
201. Chapter 201
Air Date: 1986-02-12
202. Chapter 202
Air Date: 1986-02-13
203. Chapter 203
Air Date: 1986-02-14
204. Chapter 204
Air Date: 1986-02-15
205. Chapter 205
Air Date: 1986-02-17
206. Chapter 206
Air Date: 1986-02-18
207. Chapter 207
Air Date: 1986-02-19
208. Chapter 208
Air Date: 1986-02-20
209. Chapter 209
Air Date: 1986-02-21
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Rating
8.8/10
Release Date
1985-06-24
Episodes
209 (1 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast

José Wilker
Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")

Regina Duarte
Porcina da Silva ("Viúva Porcina")

Lima Duarte
Francisco Malta ("Sinhozinho Malta")

Paulo Gracindo
Padre Hipôlito

Yoná Magalhães
Matilde

Ary Fontoura
Florindo Abelha

Eloísa Mafalda
Ambrosina Abelha ("Dona Pombinha")

Lucinha Lins
Mocinha Abelha

Armando Bógus
José Aragão ("Zé das Medalhas")

Cássia Kis
Lugolina Aragão (Dona Lulu)

Lídia Brondi
Tânia Malta

Wanda Kosmo
Marcelina
Production Companies

Estúdios Globo