Roque Santeiro: Season 1
Roque Santeiro is a television series set in the town of Asa Branca in the Brazilian Northeast. The series is a soap, comedy, and drama. The story takes place in a small poor town where Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint, supposedly having been killed but later reappearing.
Season overview
Roque Santeiro is a television series set in the town of Asa Branca in the Brazilian Northeast. The series is a soap, comedy, and drama. The story takes place in a small poor town where Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint, supposedly having been killed but later reappearing.
Episodes
Chapter 1
Jun 24, 1985 · 46 min
Asa Branca is getting a statue of Roque Santeiro seventeen years after the hero saved the city. Dona Mocinha complains that the statue doesn't resemble Roque, her ex-fiancé.
Chapter 2
Jun 25, 1985 · 41 min
Gerson gets angry at Roque's widow's attitude and tries to file a complaint against her with the police. Mocinha tells Dona Pombinha that she will never marry and will die single.
Chapter 3 (Part 1)
Jun 26, 1985 · 37 min
Pombinha and Mocinha confront Matilde about the opening of the nightclub, but the dancers stand up to them. Sinhozinho Malta visits the widow Porcina, but she pretends to be ill.
Chapter 3 (Part 2)
Jun 27, 1985 · 36 min
The film crew meets Roque Santeiro's father and brother. The widow, Porcina, seeks out the film's director to discuss the script.
Chapter 4
Jun 28, 1985 · 39 min
Porcina orders Gerson to remove Mocinha's scene from the script. Mocinha calls Roberto Mathias for a chat and discovers that he will be playing Roque Santeiro in the film.
Chapter 5
Jun 29, 1985 · 43 min
Mocinha tries on her wedding dress. At the unveiling of the statue, Mocinha and Widow Porcina have a heated argument, each saying that the other should not be the one being honored
Chapter 6
Jul 1, 1985 · 46 min
Tânia tells Roberto that she is not attracted to him. A bomb explodes at the Sexus nightclub before its opening. Mocinha goes to Porcina's house for the statue's unveiling party.
Chapter 7
Jul 2, 1985 · 45 min
Sinhozinho Malta tells Tânia that he feels lonely. Astromar says he's in love with Mocinha. Tânia asks the farmhands about the accident that killed her mother.
Chapter 8
Jul 3, 1985 · 37 min
Tânia tells Porcina that she doesn't mind her marrying Sinhozinho Malta, and the two argue. Mocinha tells Zé das Medalhas that she has a relic from Roque Santeiro.
Chapter 9
Jul 4, 1985 · 41 min
Roberto Mathias goes to visit Porcina and the two sleep together. Roberto oversleeps and doesn't show up for the recording. Pombinha sees the dancers from the Sexus nightclub at th
Chapter 10
Jul 5, 1985 · 39 min
Sinhozinho Malta promises to reopen the Sexus nightclub. Roberto Mathias and Porcina go out together. Linda tries to talk to Lulu, Zé das Medalhas' wife, without success. Malta sle
Chapter 11
Jul 6, 1985 · 54 min
Mocinha runs to Roque's statue. Malta's mother-in-law appears and says she's going to live on the farm. Roberto Mathias goes to visit Porcina. Lulu leaves home and goes to Matilde'
Chapter 12
Jul 8, 1985 · 59 min
The nightclub is reopened. Tito is thinking about opening a candle factory in Asa Branca. Pombinha and Mocinha gather the women of Asa Branca to protest against the opening of Sexu
Chapter 13
Jul 9, 1985 · 44 min
Porcina meets Dona Marcelina, the mother of Sinhozinho Malta's ex-wife. Professor Astromar prepares to destroy Roque's statue when he is interrupted by a drunkard.
Chapter 14
Jul 10, 1985 · 39 min
Lulu asks Zé to take her to the nightclub. Matilde receives a mysterious letter. Linda and Gerson go to Sexus. The women of the city gather at the nightclub's door with brooms in t
Chapter 15
Jul 11, 1985 · 37 min
The women prepare to storm the nightclub, but Matilde and the girls fight back. Linda Bastos is hit. Roberto prepares to flee Porcina's house when he sees Malta arriving.
Chapter 16
Jul 12, 1985 · 41 min
Sinhozinho Malta goes to the inn where Roberto Mathias is staying. Porcina sends Mina to the inn with a note telling Roberto not to visit her.
Chapter 17
Jul 13, 1985 · 43 min
Mina makes up an excuse for Sinhozinho Malta, and he tells Matilde that he will have to close the nightclub. The note from the widow Porcina reaches Roberto Mathias, but Matilde in
Chapter 18
Jul 15, 1985 · 40 min
Porcina calls Roberto Mathias. Roberto and Tânia almost kiss. Lulu meets Father Albano and confesses to him. Porcina goes to the inn to look for Roberto.
Chapter 19
Jul 16, 1985 · 44 min
Gerson asks Roberto Mathias to get close to the widow Porcina to keep her away from the filming. One of Porcina's henchmen goes to fetch Roberto, but he says he can't go.
Chapter 20
Jul 17, 1985 · 44 min
Malta threatens Roberto. Porcina returns alone from the farm and goes to watch a recording of Roberto when she is surprised by Malta. Roberto is kidnapped by Porcina's henchmen.
Chapter 21
Jul 18, 1985 · 43 min
Everyone is searching for Roberto, who is taken by the henchmen to Porcina's farm. Tânia goes to find Malta and accuses him of kidnapping Roberto because she suspects they are dati
Chapter 22
Jul 19, 1985 · 43 min
Malta asks Porcina if she is involved in Roberto's disappearance. Gerson declares his love for Linda. Lulu borrows a dress from Linda. Tania goes to pick up Roberto at the inn.
Chapter 23
Jul 20, 1985 · 44 min
Dondinha overhears João Ligeiro saying he's in love with another woman. An old acquaintance goes to the nightclub looking for Matilde. Porcina tells Malta she's going to buy her we
Chapter 24
Jul 22, 1985 · 42 min
Porcina meets Roberto Mathias at the inn. Zé das Medalhas tells Jiló that Mocinha has the original saints made by Roque Santeiro. Tânia looks for Roberto at the boarding house.
Chapter 25
Jul 23, 1985 · 44 min
Roberto tells Sinhozinho Malta that he has nothing to do with Tânia. Malta tells the widow Porcina that he is considering allowing Tânia and Roberto to date. Linda buys Porcina's l
Chapter 26
Jul 24, 1985 · 42 min
Tânia argues with Sinhozinho. The tailor Jura, a friend of Matilde, arrives in town to make the widow Porcina's dress. Tânia declares her love for Roberto. Roque returns to town.
Chapter 27
Jul 25, 1985 · 44 min
Roque looks for a room at Matilde's inn and is surprised by how much Asa Branca has grown. Roque goes to church and, without anyone seeing, leaves the monstrance on the altar.
Chapter 28
Jul 26, 1985 · 38 min
Roque watches the filming of the scene in which he is killed by the gang of the bandit Navalhada. Everyone believes the monstrance descended from heaven. Mocinha faints upon seeing
Chapter 29
Jul 27, 1985 · 44 min
Matilde tells the story of the legend of Roque to Roque himself, without knowing who he is. Roque goes to confess to Father Hipólito.
Chapter 30
Jul 29, 1985 · 41 min
Father Hipólito faints and Roque begs for forgiveness. Father Hipólito discovers the truth about what happened seventeen years earlier, when a razor-wielding attack swept through t
Chapter 31
Jul 30, 1985 · 43 min
Roque and Porcina meet, but Roque makes no mention of knowing her. Alone with Roque, Porcina tells him that Sinhozinho Malta invented the whole story of her marriage to Roque.
Chapter 32
Jul 31, 1985 · 45 min
Roque sleeps at Porcina's house. Sinhozinho Malta, worried, goes home but returns the next day looking for Roque, and Mina informs him that he has left.
Chapter 33
Aug 1, 1985 · 41 min
Roque learns that his father has become a saint. Florindo, Father Hipólito, and Sinhozinho Malta go to Roque to tell him what they have decided about his fate, but they cannot reac
Chapter 34
Aug 2, 1985 · 44 min
Terêncio catches Roberto and Tânia kissing and tells Sinhozinho Malta, who gets upset. Sinhozinho offers Roque money to disappear from Asa Branca.
Chapter 35
Aug 3, 1985 · 45 min
Luizão asks Lulu to let his daughter film the scene where, at eight years old, she had a vision of Roque. When Lulu goes to explain how it all happened, she looks ahead and sees Ro
Chapter 36
Aug 5, 1985 · 40 min
Roque appears in the room and Sinhozinho Malta plays a trick to hide him from Pombinha, intriguing everyone. Malta catches Roberto and Tânia together and orders Terêncio to capture
Chapter 37
Aug 6, 1985 · 43 min
Sinhozinho Malta takes Roberto Mathias to his home, surprising his daughter. Mirna sees the saints in Roque's room and discovers that the guest used to be a saint maker.
Chapter 38
Aug 7, 1985 · 45 min
Porcina, Sinhozinho Malta, and the mayor meet and ask the priest to tell Roque Santeiro to leave Asa Branca and say that this is God's will.
Chapter 39
Aug 8, 1985 · 42 min
Ninon hears the werewolf's howl again. Roque witnesses the end of a pilgrimage by a man who made a promise to Roque Santeiro and carried a cross from Belo Horizonte to Asa Branca.
Chapter 40
Aug 9, 1985 · 40 min
Roque says in front of the mayor and the colonel that he needs to tell the truth and asks the priest for advice, who says he can't help him. Ninon and Rosaly arm themselves to welc
Chapter 41
Aug 10, 1985 · 41 min
Beato Salu doesn't believe Roque and makes a scandal. Sinhozinho Malta acts so that Beato Salu doesn't talk too much to the people of the city and decides to have him hospitalized.
Chapter 42
Aug 12, 1985 · 44 min
Sinhozinho Malta tries to convince Roque that his father will be well treated at the hospital. The police chief questions Flô about Beato Salu's hospitalization. Ninon goes in sear
Chapter 43
Aug 13, 1985 · 47 min
Porcina sees Lulu and Roque talking and gets jealous. Ninon receives an order from the police chief to appear at the station. Gerson kisses Linda, but she slaps him.
Chapter 44
Aug 14, 1985 · 40 min
Porcina refuses to send Roque away from her house. Marcelina reveals to Pombinha her suspicions about her daughter's death. Marilda, Roberto Mathias' wife, arrives in Asa Branca.
Chapter 45
Aug 15, 1985 · 42 min
Matilde visits Beato Salu, discovers that Roque Santeiro has returned, and tells the girls that the nightclub is finally going to close. Roberto tells Tânia that he is married, and
Chapter 46
Aug 16, 1985 · 42 min
Gerson decides to give an initial screening of the film to just a few guests. Matilde tells Sinhozinho Malta that she already knows Roque Santeiro is back, and he tries to deceive
Chapter 47
Aug 17, 1985 · 40 min
Sinhozinho Malta relays the order to reopen the nightclub to Flô. Roque looks for Porcina by the pool. Tânia tells Matilde that they need to talk.
Chapter 48
Aug 19, 1985 · 37 min
Mocinha refuses to accept the reopening of Matilde's nightclub and resigns from her job at the city hall. Lulu confesses to Father Hipólito her desire for a mysterious man. Roque v
Chapter 49
Aug 20, 1985 · 55 min
Upon learning of the nightclub's reopening, Father Hipólito seeks out Matilde. Friar Albano tries to convince Zé das Medalhas to open a daycare center for the children of the femal
Chapter 50
Aug 21, 1985 · 54 min
(The chapter numbering follows that of the original broadcast, without loss of content or continuity.) Marilda leaves a note for Roberto. Zé das Medalhas decides to open the daycar
Chapter 52
Aug 22, 1985 · 37 min
Mocinha recounts seeing a woman shooting at Roberto. Marilda runs away. Malta discovers that Roberto is married.
Chapter 53
Aug 23, 1985 · 41 min
Malta agrees to take Roberto to Rio de Janeiro for surgery. Terêncio tries to poison the holy man Salu, but by mistake, a nurse succeeds, and Salu falls into a coma.
Chapter 54
Aug 24, 1985 · 38 min
Roque goes to the hospital and discovers his father is in a coma. Roque and Porcina sleep together. Roberto undergoes surgery. Tânia suspects Terêncio. Lulu goes to visit Beato Sal
Chapter 55
Aug 26, 1985 · 43 min
Lulu meets Roque and confesses her feelings to him. Jiló tells Zé das Medalhas that he saw Lulu with another man. Tânia visits Porcina and becomes suspicious of Roque's treatment o
Chapter 56
Aug 27, 1985 · 44 min
In Rio de Janeiro, Sinhozinho Malta goes out with a secretary and invites her to his apartment. Ninon is almost attacked by the werewolf when Rosaly arrives and it flees.
Chapter 57
Aug 28, 1985 · 39 min
Zé das Medalhas can't find out who the man is who gave Lulu a ride. At the hospital, Roberto wakes up and is surprised to find Marilda, who forcibly kisses him.
Chapter 58
Aug 29, 1985 · 37 min
Marilda runs away. Tânia asks her father to take Roberto to the farm. Father Hipólito tells the devout women that he wants to disassociate Roque's image from the church, and they a
Chapter 59
Aug 30, 1985 · 37 min
Roque hides and Mocinha is presumed insane. Jiló tells Zé das Medalhas that the man he's looking for lives in the widow Porcina's house. Zé das Medalhas sees Lulu with Roque.
Chapter 60
Aug 31, 1985 · 41 min
Roque is about to reveal himself to Zé das Medalhas when Porcina intervenes and lies about her identity. Marcelina finds documents in her daughter's room that could incriminate Mal
Chapter 61
Sep 2, 1985 · 45 min
Zé looks for Flô, who reminds him of the danger they all face if Roque is discovered. Porcina hugs Roque, says she's very scared, and kisses him.
Chapter 62
Sep 3, 1985 · 39 min
Marcelina fears that Tânia will discover her father's true character. Matilde doesn't recognize Amparito. Sinhozinho Malta is furious when he discovers that Roberto and Tânia are i
Chapter 63
Sep 4, 1985 · 40 min
Marcelina says she is going to Rio to solve some problems and Malta suspects that she has seen some document in her room. Malta orders the death of Salu, this time without fail.
Chapter 64
Sep 5, 1985 · 42 min
Jiló tells Zé das Medalhas that Lulu and Roque were in the hospital together and he decides to buy a revolver. Tito and Linda argue about the factory. Gerson and Linda kiss.
Chapter 65
Sep 6, 1985 · 38 min
Roque and Sinhozinho Malta argue and Porcina intervenes, preventing one of them from committing a crime. Feeling rejected, the children of Zé das Medalhas and Lulu run away from ho
Chapter 66
Sep 7, 1985 · 36 min
Zé das Medalhas discovers that his children are in a shack. Malta and others decide to take justice into their own hands and, at the police station, a mob threatens to lynch the ma
Chapter 67
Sep 9, 1985 · 39 min
Porcina demands that Malta bring Roque back to her house, but he refuses to return. A strange man arrives in Asa Branca and asks Lulu where the Sossego inn is located.
Chapter 68
Sep 10, 1985 · 39 min
Sinhozinho Malta goes to pick up Tânia at the forró dance, but gives up when he sees she's with Roque. Porcina goes to the forró secretly, dances with Roque, and manages to escape
Chapter 69
Sep 11, 1985 · 41 min
Mocinha sees Roque again, faints, and tells Astromar that Roque wants her to be a virgin. Porcina questions Malta about the wedding, and he says that Father Hipólito wouldn't offic
Chapter 70
Sep 12, 1985 · 39 min
Porcina decides to reveal the truth about her fake marriage to Roque to Father Hipólito, under the condition of confession. Sinhozinho Malta discovers that one of his cows has gone
Chapter 71
Sep 13, 1985 · 41 min
Father Hipólito tells Roque and Porcina that he will only officiate at Porcina's wedding to Sinhozinho Malta if they reveal the truth to all of Asa Branca. Malta mourns the death o
Chapter 72
Sep 14, 1985 · 41 min
Porcina is furious with Sinhozinho Malta for paying more attention to Ametista's death than to her problem with Father Hipólito. Malta believes Ametista's death was an attack. Roqu
Chapter 73
Sep 16, 1985 · 44 min
The detective concludes that the cow's death wasn't an attack, but a shot fired in the wrong place. Lulu sees that Zé das Medalhas' gun isn't in the drawer and goes looking for him
Chapter 74
Sep 17, 1985 · 42 min
Malta discovers that Zé das Medalhas was responsible for Ametista's death. Sinhozinho tries to convince the priest to perform his marriage to Porcina, but is threatened with excomm
Chapter 75
Sep 18, 1985 · 40 min
Marilda arrives in Asa Branca, and Roberto returns to Tânia's house. Marilda calls Sinhozinho Malta, wanting to tell him the truth about her marriage to Roberto.
Chapter 76
Sep 19, 1985 · 41 min
Sinhozinho meets Marilda, and they sleep together. Ninon claims to have met the werewolf but does not remember the encounter. Roberto goes to the police station for a confrontation
Chapter 77
Sep 20, 1985 · 41 min
Marilda makes a proposition to Roberto; they go to bed together, and she says she will grant the divorce. Sinhozinho Malta goes to visit Salu, who, even though in a coma, grips his
Chapter 78
Sep 21, 1985 · 40 min
Sinhozinho Malta grows concerned about the devout Salu's recovery, and the news quickly spreads throughout the town. Roque and Porcina go for a swim together and share a kiss.
Chapter 79
Sep 23, 1985 · 36 min
Roque proposes to Porcina the idea of turning the ranch's land into a dairy cooperative. Tânia gets jealous when she sees Roberto saying goodbye to Marilda, and they get into an
Chapter 80
Sep 24, 1985 · 39 min
Malta suggests that Roque leave Asa Branca, but he refuses. The town is abuzz with Sinhozinho's rodeo event. Ronaldo and Malta make a wager on a horse race.
Chapter 81
Sep 25, 1985 · 40 min
Flô flees the *vaquejada* to avoid running into Amparito. Mocinha tells Pombinha that her father burned a photograph of a woman. João Ligeiro tells Father Hipólito that he wants to
Chapter 82
Sep 26, 1985 · 42 min
Pombinha asks Flô about the woman in the photo, but he dodges the question. Zé das Medalhas disguises himself to attack Roque, but he strikes the wrong person.
Chapter 83
Sep 27, 1985 · 43 min
Father Albano is grazed by a bullet and concludes that the shots were meant for Roque. Father Albano wants to tell Asa Branca the truth, but Father Hipólito and Roque ask for more
Chapter 84
Sep 28, 1985 · 46 min
Roque tells Porcina that someone tried to kill him, but she does not believe Sinhozinho is the mastermind behind the crime. Father Albano tells Roque that he intends to reveal the
Chapter 85
Sep 30, 1985 · 40 min
Excerpts from the film "Roque Santeiro" will be screened to raise funds for its completion. Widow Porcina and Sinhozinho Malta hatch a plan to stop Roque from going to the cinema.
Chapter 86
Oct 1, 1985 · 36 min
Worried about Roque's disappearance, Father Albano goes to the cinema with Father Hipólito, hoping he will show up. Terêncio attempts to kill the devout Salu once again.
Chapter 87
Oct 2, 1985 · 43 min
Beato Salu appears to the pilgrims praying for him. The movie theater catches fire, and everyone rushes out. Roque tells Flô that he really needs to speak with Mocinha and asks him
Chapter 88
Oct 3, 1985 · 41 min
Dressed as a bride and wandering along the road, Mocinha runs into Roque, and the two share a kiss. Porcina suggests to Sinhozinho Malta that they get married in secret, but he sid
Chapter 89
Oct 4, 1985 · 36 min
Flô tells Mocinha the truth about Roque. Luizão discovers that Roque's film was a success in the city. Sinhozinho Malta scolds Terêncio for not killing Beato Salu.
Chapter 90
Oct 5, 1985 · 47 min
Roque appears to the devout Salu like a vision. Matilde offers João Ligeiro a job at the boarding house. Ronaldo tells Pombinha that he is going to open a casino in Asa Branca.
Chapter 91
Oct 7, 1985 · 41 min
Roque says he will live in Asa Branca and uphold the legend of the saint-maker. Porcina says she will secretly marry Sinhozinho in an attempt to persuade Roque, but he remains adam
Chapter 92
Oct 8, 1985 · 40 min
Ninon discovers that the werewolf is Police Chief Feijó. Porcina agrees to turn over her farm to the dairy cooperative. Pombinha decides to organize a procession in honor of Roque
Chapter 93
Oct 9, 1985 · 39 min
Jiló sees Ronaldo and Lulu together and demands something in exchange for not telling Zé das Medalhas. Pombinha says she will speak to Police Chief Feijó so that Ronaldo can open t
Chapter 94
Oct 10, 1985 · 43 min
Roque asks Malta to pay the rent for the country house where he intends to live. Pombinha organizes the start of the procession. Police Chief Feijó tries to speak with Ninon, but s
Chapter 95
Oct 11, 1985 · 41 min
The devout women try to pray the rosary in front of the Sexus nightclub, but the procession is interrupted by a heavy storm. Lulu runs into the procession and encounters Ronaldo on
Chapter 96
Oct 12, 1985 · 38 min
In confession, Lulu tells Father Hipólito that she kissed another man. Tânia says she doesn't like Porcina but cannot interfere with her father's choices, as he is going to marry t
Chapter 97
Oct 14, 1985 · 41 min
Marcelina backs down upon realizing she has no evidence against Sinhozinho Malta. The police chief authorizes the opening of the gambling den. Roque receives the keys to the farm w
Chapter 98
Oct 15, 1985 · 41 min
Matilde and Ronaldo discuss the mysteries surrounding Roque's death and Navalhada's arrest. Asa Branca prepares for the fair, where Matilde will have a stall.
Chapter 99
Oct 16, 1985 · 42 min
Porcina and Malta convince Flô to ask Father Hipólito to dissuade Roque from seeing Mocinha. Pombinha desperately tries to find out what Matilde is going to sell at the stall.
Chapter 100
Oct 17, 1985 · 42 min
Porcina and Roque lie to Tânia. Odete, a former employee of Malta's, returns to town, and Sinhozinho orders Terêncio to go after her. Odete hides at the home of her sister, Ifigêni
Chapter 101
Oct 18, 1985 · 41 min
Terêncio looks for Odete at Ifigênia's house, but she says she doesn't know her sister's whereabouts. Odete calls Sinhozinho Malta's house but hangs up when Tânia answers.
Chapter 102
Oct 19, 1985 · 39 min
Under pressure, Sinhozinho Malta tells Terêncio the truth about Roque. The fair opens, and Matilde reveals what she will be selling at her stall. Mocinha and Roque meet.
Chapter 103
Oct 21, 1985 · 43 min
Restrained by Flô's presence, Roque and Mocinha talk about the past without touching each other. Matilde's stall is a hit at the fair. Tito wakes up and realizes he is no longer bl
Chapter 104
Oct 22, 1985 · 42 min
Flô tells Sinhozinho Malta about her history with Amparito. Duarte tries to make contact with Navalhada. Porcina asks Roque to leave Asa Branca as soon as possible to save his life