The story of Benedito Ruy Barbosa

The story of Benedito Ruy Barbosa, which portrays the love affair between Bruno Mezenga (played by Antônio Fagundes), a businessman in the livestock sector, and Luana (played by Patrícia Pillar), a rural worker, belonging to enemy families, the Mezenga and the Berdinazi, was a great success when first shown in 1996, and continues to attract a large audience in its third rerun on Globo's afternoons. The plot is set in the interior of Brazil, more precisely in the Pantanal. The telenovela had a duration of 209 chapters.
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