Salve Jorge
Also known as	Brave Woman
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Glória Perez[1]
Directed by	Marcos Schechtman Fred Mayrink
Starring	Nanda Costa Giovanna Antonelli Rodrigo Lombardi Flávia Alessandra Claudia Raia Cleo Pires Domingos Montagner Dira Paes Alexandre Nero Murilo Rosa Carolina Dieckmann Paloma Bernardi Ana Beatriz Nogueira Leticia Spiller Caco Ciocler
Opening theme	"Alma de Guerreiro"bySeu Jorge
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of episodes	Original run 179 Syndication 140
Production
Production locations	Rio de Janeiro Istanbul[2]
Editors	George Hamilton Metal Alberto Gouvea Edson Melo Rosemeire de Barros Oliveira
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30-55 minutes
Production company	Projac
Original release
Network	TV Globo
Release	22 October 2012 (2012-10-22) – 17 May 2013 (2013-05-17)
Related
Avenida Brasil Amor à Vida

Salve Jorge (Literally:HailGeorge,International title: English:Brave Woman^{[nb 1]}) is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created byGlória Perez and directed by Marcos Schechtman.^[4]

It premiered on 22 October 2012 replacingAvenida Brasil and ended on 17 May 2013 onTV Globo at the 9 p.m. timeslot, and being followed byAmor à Vida.^[5]

A total of 179 episodes of 55 minutes (35 minutes on Wednesdays due to the2012–2013 Football season broadcast) were produced and aired Mondays to Saturdays. However, when syndicated and sold to other countries the telenovela got the number of episodes reduced to 140 and the duration fixed at 45 minutes.

StarringNanda Costa,Giovanna Antonelli,Carolina Dieckmann,Rodrigo Lombardi,Cláudia Raia,Flávia Alessandra,Alexandre Nero,Cléo Pires andDomingos Montagner.^[6]

InIstanbul,Turkey, 18-year-old Morena (Nanda Costa) is auctioned by a group of wealthy and successful men. She ended up being sold for a U$3.500 bid. The next scene shows Morena running desperately through the streets, screaming for help. The scene flashes back to eight months earlier.

Morena is a single-mother who lives with her four-year-old son Junior (Luiz Felipe Mello) and her mom Lucimar (Dira Paes) helps her to support him. Though unemployed, she manages to garner strength and resolve in order to forge her own path.

Following the2010 occupation of theComplexo do Alemão by theBrazilian Army, Morena meets Theo (Rodrigo Lombardi), a cavalry officer who is charmed by her spontaneity and sensuality. They fall in love, unaware that love does not conquer all.

Motivated by the prospect of a better future and facing eviction, Morena accepts a job offer to work in a coffeehouse in Istanbul for a few months. Her decision, however, not only ends her engagement to Theo, who disapproves of her trip, but leads to her being a victim of an international human trafficking ring.

Cunning Wanda (Totia Meireles), who offered Morena what turns out to be a fictitious job, works with Livia Marini (Cláudia Raia), a sophisticated, intelligent and seemingly irreproachable woman. The truth, however, tells a different story: although she claims to be a world-renowned talent agent, Livia is in fact head of aninternational human trafficking organization which generates billions of dollars every year.

Upon arriving in Turkey, Morena is forced to work at a dreary nightclub where Russo (Adriano Garib), head of security and member of the ring, constantly intimidates young women by threatening to harm their families in Brazil.

Despite being held captive, Morena refuses to accept her fate and decides to fight against the crime that victimized her. Together with her ill-fated companions, she counts on the help of Police Chief Heloísa (Giovanna Antonelli) to take down the ring's villainous scheme. On top of such difficulties, Morena also has to deal with another challenging mission: to regain Theo's love and trust. Theo still loves her but has since entered into a new romantic relationship and is determined to forget her. In the end Morena with the help of Mrs Heloisa will expose the traffic gangs then Morena and Theo will live happily.

The first episode ofSalve Jorge recorded a viewership rating of 36 points, peaking at 40 points with 60% share. Its predecessorsAvenida Brasil andFina Estampa, recorded 37:points with a 63% and 41 points respectively. The second episode registered 37 points inGreater São Paulo. Its first week it recorded a cumulative indices of 33 points.^[7]

On 28 January 2013, the show registered 39 points with a 64% audience share.^[8]

By episode 90,Salve Jorge had an average of 30.8 points, lower than the predecessor. For instanceAvenida Brasil andFina Estampa 37.7 and 38.8 respectively.^[9]

According to accumulated data byIbope, its last episode that aired on 17 May 2013 registered 46 points with 76% audience share.

Accumulately it registered 33 points.^[10]

• Official website(in Portuguese)

• 2012 Brazilian television series debuts
• 2013 Brazilian television series endings
• 2012 telenovelas
• TV Globo telenovelas
• Brazilian LGBTQ-related television shows
• Transgender-related television shows
• Television shows set in Rio de Janeiro (city)
• Television shows set in Turkey
• Telenovelas by Glória Perez
• Portuguese-language telenovelas
• Fiction about human trafficking
• LGBTQ telenovelas

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