Cristal

Overview

Cristal is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from June 5 to October 27, 2006. It is an adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela Cristal (1985), created by Delia Fiallo. Adapted by Anamaria Nunes, with collaboration from Maria Lúcia Dahl, Marcelo César Fagundes, Eleusa Mancini, and Rogério Garcia, the telenovela stars Bianca Castanho, Dado Dolabella, Bete Coelho, Marisol Ribeiro, Alexandre Barillari, Giuseppe Oristanio, Bárbara Paz, and Eliana Guttman. The story follows Cristina, a young woman abandoned by her mother, Vitória, shortly after birth and raised in a convent. Years later, Cristina becomes a successful model known as Cristal and unknowingly crosses paths with her biological mother, now a powerful fashion businesswoman. While searching for her identity and a place in the world, Cristina falls in love with João Pedro, but their romance is threatened by family secrets, social differences, jealousy, and the painful revelations about her past.

Cast

Bianca Castanho

Cristina de Jesus / Cris / Cristal da Silva

Dado Dolabella

João Pedro da Silva Ascânio

Bete Coelho

Vitória da Silva Ascânio

Giuseppe Oristanio

Alex Ascânio

Marisol Ribeiro

Marion Bandeira de Carvalho

Victor Wagner

Padre Ângelo de Jesus

Eliana Guttman

Dona Luísa

Vera Gimenez

Lucélia Bandeira de Carvalho

N/A

Luiz Baccelli

Erasmo Bandeira de Carvalho

Jonas Mello

Inspetor Tenente Fonseca

Patrícia Mayo

Dona Zete

Maria Eugênia de Domênico

Celina