Pai Herói

Pai Herói is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 29 January 1979 and ended on 18 August 1979, with a total of 178 episodes. It's the twenty second "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is created and written by Janete Clair and directed by Gonzaga Blota, Wálter Avancini and Roberto Talma.

Plot

André Cajarana was raised under the illusion that his father was a great man. When his grandfather, with whom he lived, dies, he leaves for Rio de Janeiro to shed light on his father's death, who was considered a criminal, and clear him of the accusation of stealing land and killing a priest. The main obstacle is Bruno Baldaracci, a mafia businessman, the person most involved in the infamy, his father's former partner, now married to his mother, Gilda.

Carina is a famous ballerina, raised in a traditional and wealthy family, the Limeira Brandãos, led by the domineering matriarch Dona Januária. To take over the family business, the unscrupulous César marries Carina, even though she is a single mother. After they separate, Carina meets and falls in love with André, who obtains power of attorney from her to manage the family business, in a plot that leads to César's murder.