A Lei e o Crime
| A Lei e o Crime | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Action Police procedural |
| Created by | Marcílio Moraes |
| Directed by | Alexandre Avancini Hamsa Wood |
| Starring | Ângelo Paes Leme Francisca Queiroz Heitor Martinez Caio Junqueira Raquel Nunes Silvio Guindane Eduardo Lago |
| Opening theme | Sangue Frio (Libra) |
| Composer | Daniel Figueiredo |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Vicente Savelli |
| Production location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Cinematography | Ricardo Fujii |
| Running time | approx. 60 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rede Record |
| Release | January 9 – June 8, 2009 |
A Lei e o Crime (Portuguese for The Law and the Crime) is a Brazilian serial dramatic television series, created by Marcílio Moraes, produced and broadcast by Rede Record, which premiered on January 9, 2009. The series revolves around a low-class worker turned into drugdealer and a noble-blood woman turned into a police captain, who seeks for justice and revenge of her father's death.[1]
It is directed by Alexandre Avancini and written by Marcílio Moraes, Joaquim Assis, René Belmonte, Leonardo Gudel, Sylvia Palma, Eduardo Quental and Irene Bosísio.
Since its premiere, A Lei e o Crime has achieved unexpectedly high audience ratings, with a 20-point average in São Paulo, and constantly leading the ratings in Rio de Janeiro, taking off rival Rede Globo's usual number-one spot. It was a hit show that helped bring Brazilian television to an international audience, and called "fantastic" by an Australian reviewer.[1] The show has also been acclaimed by critics for its realism.[2][3]
Cast
- Francisca Queiroz as Catarina Laclos
- Ângelo Paes Leme as Nando "Nandinho da Bazuca"
- Raquel Nunes as Olímpia
- Heitor Martinez as Leandro
- Caio Junqueira as Romero
- Gabriela Durlo as Rosa
- Valquíria Ribeiro as Maria Joana
- Rogério Britto as Araújo
- Aline Borges as Gislaine "Lacraia"
- André Ramiro as Tião Meleca
- Sílvio Guindane as Valdo
- Felipe Martins as André
- Daniel Andrade as Orlando
- Adriana Prado as Josefa
- Juliana Teixeira as Margarida
- Eduardo Lago as Renato
- Tião D'Ávila
- Kito Junqueira as Ari
- Chico Expedito as Cícero
- Luiz Carlos de Moraes as Izaque
- Cristina Pereira as Jussara
- Léa Garcia as Clara
- Marília Barbosa as Luísa
- Rodrigo Costa as Celso
- Giullia Buscaio as Patrícia
- Larissa Henrique as Sandrinha
- Marcílio Moraes as escritor
- Roberto Frota as Reinaldo
- Nildo Parente as Alcebíades de Souza
- Jonas Bloch as Dep. Feitosa
- Cláudio Gabriel as Anderson
- Marcelo Escorel as Juvenal
- Marcela Moura as Laura
- Sérgio Henrique as Chulé
- Paulo Carvalho as Belisário
- Jonathan Nogueira as Edson
- Natália Guimarães as Gisele
- Vanessa Gerbelli
References
- 1 2 Ward, Sarah (9 February 2017). "Is Brazil the next *it* place for great international TV? It's not an area of the world known for its TV, but increasingly Brazil is shaping up as a hot-spot for fantastic television shows". What's On: SBS (Australia). Retrieved August 7, 2026.
Continuing the law and order trend, in 2009 the revenge-focused police effort A Lei e o Crime became the nation's next big drama. Charting the tales of a drug dealer being chased by his cop brother-in-law and a new police chief driven to the job after her father's murder, it once again took inspiration from Brazilian cinema. The hit underworld show, which ran for 23 episodes, is said to have stemmed from José Padilha's 2007 Berlin Film Festival-winner Elite Squad.
- ↑ Rocha, Simone María; López de la Roche, Fabio (2021). Los desafíos a las televisiones en América Latina : cultura política, comunicación pública e innovación (in Spanish). Universidad de Los Andes. p. 373. ISBN 9789587980509. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ Cardoso de Araújo, Denilson (2011), Eca para fazer eco crônicas e estudos sobre a Lei no. 8,069/90 (Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente) (in Portuguese), Usina de Letres, p. 124, ISBN 9788580930047, retrieved 7 August 2026