Novo Mundo (TV series)

Novo Mundo (English: New World) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It is created by Alessandro Marson and Thereza Falcão, and directed by Vinícius Coimbra. It premiered on 22 March 2017 replacing "Sol Nascente", ran for twenty-seven weeks, with a total of 160 episodes and ended its run on 25 September 2017.
Isabelle Drummond and Chay Suede portray the protagonists of the plot; Drummond plays an English teacher Anna and Suede portrays a Portuguese-Brazilian actor Joaquim, both fell in love in Europe and find themselves again in Brazil, where they decide to fight for their love, having to face obstacles from an officer that she possessively wants her and a false marriage with a Portuguese actress. The cast also features Gabriel Braga Nunes, Ingrid Guimarães, Agatha Moreira, Vivianne Pasmanter, Guilherme Piva, César Cardadeiro, Caio Castro and Letícia Colin.
Plot.
Set in 1817, Anna Millman (Isabelle Drummond) is an English woman who teaches Portuguese gets involved with the Portuguese-Brazilian actor Joaquim Martinho (Chay Suede). The lived in Europe, but relocate Brazil because of the union of the future Empress of Brazil with Dom Pedro I (Caio Castro). Their destinies intertwine when they are board the ship that brings the princess Maria Leopoldina of Austria (Letícia Colin) to Brazil, since she is betrothed to Dom Pedro. Despite their love for each other, they suffer from the threats of Thomas Johnson (Gabriel Braga Nunes), an English officer who wants to have Anna for himself and, Elvira (Ingrid Guimarães), a Portuguese actress in a fake marriage with Joaquim, causing her to flee from the shrew when entering the ship that would leave for Brazil. The telenovela also features Brazil's struggle for independence.