A Dona do Pedaço

In 1999, in the fictional city of Rio Vermelho, the families of vigilantes Ramirez and Matheus lived in war for generations until Maria da Paz (Juliana Paes) and Amadeu (Marcos Palmeira) fell in love and sealed a peace agreement between them. On the wedding day, however, Amadeu is mysteriously shot and the war is restarted, causing Maria to flee to São Paulo without knowing that she is pregnant. The mothers of both clans make a deal and lie to the families that both Maria and Amadeu are dead, but in revenge Amadeu's father orders Maria's nieces to be murdered. Both girls end up miraculously saving themselves: Fabiana ends up in a convent and Virginia lives on the streets until she is adopted by the rich couple Beatriz (Natália do Vale) and Otávio (José de Abreu). Twenty years later, Maria becomes a successful baking entrepreneur thanks to family recipes, although she never gets along with her daughter, Josiane (Agatha Moreira), who criticizes her behavior and appearance. Josiane knows that she needs her mother in order to achieve the social projection she needs to become an influencer, and devises a plan with the help of Régis (Reynaldo Gianecchini). Maria reunites with Amadeu and discovers the lie that separated them, but they are prevented from resuming their romance when his wife, Gilda (Heloísa Jorge), becomes seriously ill. Devastated, Maria marries Régis, without imagining that he is her daughter's partner in the plan to get her hands on her entire fortune.

Meanwhile Maria's nieces took different paths: Vivi (Paolla Oliveira) became famous on the internet for her charisma, being everything Josiane always dreamed of, and lives an overwhelming romance with Chiclete (Sérgio Guizé) without knowing that he is a hitman sent to execute her, although he also loves her. Fabiana (Nathalia Dill), on the other hand, spent a miserable life in the convent and, upon discovering that Vivi is her sister, decides to ruin her life, nourished by the hatred of the different life opportunities they had. In addition, Fabiana also begins to threaten Otávio and Josiane by discovering their secrets.

• Juliana Paes as Maria da Paz Sobral Ramirez[6][7][8]
• Marcos Palmeira as Amadeu da Penha Matheus[8][9]
• Agatha Moreira as Josiane "Jô" Sobral Ramirez Matheus[10][11]
• Reynaldo Gianecchini as Régis Mantovani[8][12]
• Paolla Oliveira as Virgínia Sobral Ramirez / Virgínia Guedes "Vivi"[13][14]
• Nathalia Dill as Fabiana Sobral Ramirez / Fabiana do Rosário[15]
• Sérgio Guizé as Ricardo Martins Ramirez "Chiclete"[16]
• Caio Castro as Rock Souza Macondo[17][18]
• Malvino Salvador as Agno Aguiar[19][20]
• Deborah Evelyn as Lyris Mantovani Aguiar[21]
• Heloísa Jorge as Gilda Cunha Matheus[22]
• Lee Taylor as Camilo D'ávila Muniz[23]
• Monica Iozzi as Kim Ventura[24]
• Anderson Di Rizzi as Márcio Sorrentino[24]
• Lucy Ramos as Sílvia Cunha[25]
• Rainer Cadete as Teodoro "Téo" Pacheco[26]
• Marco Nanini as Eusébio Macondo / Eustáquio Macondo Júnior[27][28][29]
• Rosi Campos as Dorotéia de Souza Macondo "Dodô"[28][29]
• Natália do Vale as Beatriz Andrade Guedes[30]
• José de Abreu as Otávio Guedes[30]
• Betty Faria as Cornélia Macondo Ferreira[28][29][31]
• Tonico Pereira as João Francisco Ferreira "Chico"[28][29][31]
• Suely Franco as Marlene da Conceição Valadares[29][32]
• Nívea Maria as Evelina Sobral Ramirez[33]
• Ary Fontoura as Antero Valadares[29][34]
• Guilherme Leicam as Leandro Ramirez Martins "Mão Santa"[35]
• Rafael Queiroz as Rael Matheus[36]
• Nathalia Timberg as Gladys Mantovani[37]
• Rosamaria Murtinho as Linda Andrade[38]
• Rosane Gofman as Ellen da Rocha[39]
• Glamour Garcia as Rarisson Souza Macondo / Britney Souza Macondo[28][40][41][20]
• Pedro Carvalho as Abel da Gama Ferronha[42]
• Bruno Bevan as José Hélio de Souza Macondo "Zé Hélio"[28]
• Carol Garcia as Sabrina de Souza[28]
• Mel Maia as Cássia Mantovani Aguiar
• João Gabriel D'Aleluia as Carlito Cunha Matheus
• Cadu Libonati as Raul Pacheco "Merlin"
• Branca Previliato as Priscila de Albuquerque "Pri"
• Betto Marques as Antonio "Tonho" Ribeiro
• Osvaldo Mil as Cosme Pereira[43]
• Duio Botta as Jardel[44]
• Mariano Junior as Sávio
• Duda Nagle as Paulo Roberto Vidigal
• Bruna Hamú as Joana Fernandes
• Catarina de Carvalho as Alba
• Felipe Titto as Abdias
• Gláucio Gomes as Nicolas
• Thiago Thomé as Adriano
• Fernando Zili as André
• Pablo Titto as Tico
• Luciana Fernandes as Jeniffer
• Jardel Camelo as Beto
• Bruno Barboza as Eurico
• Samira Lochter as Sueli
• Chan Suan as Naomi
• Dani Guimarães as Lígia

The main inspiration for Walcyr was the telenovela Vale Tudo, written by Gilberto Braga, Aguinaldo Silva and Leonor Bassères in 1988, from where he used the story of the bad-natured daughter who steals from her own mother to try to rise socially in Rio de Janeiro. Another reference was the book Mildred Pierce, written by James Cain in 1941, which tells the story of a mother who suffers with her rebellious daughter.[59] The story of the impossible love between Juliana Paes and Marcos Palmeira and the rivalry between the family was inspired by the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.[60] In November 2018, Walcyr Carrasco and Amora Mautner traveled to the interior of Espírito Santo to choose where filming would take place, but the leadership gave up using the state without explanation.[61] Although the fictional city of Rio Vermelho is located in the interior of Espírito Santo, filming was done in Rio Grande do Sul, using the cities of Jaguarão, Nova Esperança do Sul, São Gabriel and Jaguari as scenery.[62][63]

Originally the telenovela was titled called Dias Felizes, but it was later changed to A Dona do Pedaço (literal translation The Owner of the Piece), to express the struggle for a better life for the main character.[64] Filming of the first phase of the telenovela began on 27 February 2019 and, on 15 March 2019, filming of the second phase began at Estúdios Globo in Rio de Janeiro.[65]

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• A Dona do Pedaço at IMDb