Presença de Anita

*Presença de Anita*
Presença de Anita
Written by	Manoel Carlos (screenplay); Mário Donato (novel)
Directed by	Ricardo Waddington; Alexandre Avancini
Starring	Mel Lisboa; José Mayer; Helena Ranaldi; Leonardo Miggiorin; Vera Holtz
Theme music composer	Jacques Brel
Opening theme	"Ne Me Quitte Pas"; Performed by Maysa
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer	Ruy Mattos
Production locations	Vassouras (RJ); Valença (RJ)
Cinematography	Elton Menezes
Editors	Gilson Câmara; Willian Alves Correia Jr.
Running time	650 minutes
Original release
Release	August 7 –; August 31, 2001

Presença de Anita (English: Anita's Presence) is a 2001 Brazilian miniseries based on the novel of the same name written by Mário Donato published in 1948 , it became a great success and a great scandal for the time. with the success of the literary work . In 1951 comes a film adaptation directed in 1951 by Ruggero Jacobbi. An obsession, seduction and death story about the 18-year-old lolita-type girl, Anita and the 45-year-old family man, Fernando, it stars Mel Lisboa and José Mayer as the main characters. Mel Lisboa, who was 19 at the time, had her acting debut in this series, playing her most-famous role up to today. The series, directed by Ricardo Waddington and Alexandre Avancini, aired on Rede Globo from August 7 through August 31, 2001, in 16 chapters.

Synopsis

The plot begins with the couple, Lucia Helena (Helena Ranaldi) and Fernando (José Mayer), who are going through a marital crisis. He is an architect with literary aspirations who wants to finish his first book. She is a woman whose main concern is to rescue the love of her husband and save her marriage. They live in São Paulo, in the urban chaos. Lucia Helena decides to invest in a trip with the family, her son Luiz and her stepdaughter Luiza (Júlia Almeida), in her hometown Florence, in the state of São Paulo, where the family gathers for Christmas and New Year.

In order to save her marriage, Lucia tries to please her husband by accepting his rages, encouraging his literary projects, and participating in his fantasies. Fernando wants to enjoy the end of the year to go into an old dream : to write a novel . In search of inspiration, he ends up finding Anita (Mel Lisboa), the ideal character for his novel . She moved to a house where in the past there was a crime of love. If Anita can not change the destiny , lives in the most intense way . Anita just luring Fernando and awakens the first passion of Zezinho (Leonardo Miggiorin) . With the two form a love triangle that forever changes the lives of everyone .