# Hidden Truths (2015)

> A teenager with dreams of modeling is drawn into a prostitution scheme and an obsessive relationship with a powerful businessman in Brazil's fashion world.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/55896

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 64
- Episode runtime: 42 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, romance
- Created by: Walcyr Carrasco
- Network: TV Globo
- Cast: Camila Queiroz, Rodrigo Lombardi, Drica Moraes, Marieta Severo, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Ana Lúcia Torre, Agatha Moreira, Gabriel Leone
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4773278/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: melodramatic, sordid, feverish, glossy, intense

## What critics say

Audiences rated the single season positively, praising its lush fashion-world setting and the intense performances at the heart of its melodramatic story.

## Synopsis

Hidden Truths (Verdades Secretas, 2015) is a Brazilian telenovela created by Walcyr Carrasco for TV Globo, a single-season run of 64 episodes. A teenager who dreams of a career as a top model becomes entangled in a prostitution scheme and draws the attention of a powerful, obsessive businessman, Alexandre Ticiano, played by Rodrigo Lombardi. Camila Queiroz plays the young protagonist, whose path crosses with Drica Moraes as Carolina Silveira and Reynaldo Gianecchini as Anthony Mariano. Desperate to stay close to the girl, Alexandre makes a drastic choice that binds him to her family, and the series builds its engine from jealousy, shifting loyalties, and the price of ambition. Each episode layers lavish parties, runway glamour, and private betrayals, the kind of soap opera machinery Brazilian audiences know well. Set in contemporary Brazil among the moneyed circles of the fashion industry, the series balances sensual excess with a darker sense of exploitation and dread. Its tone is melodramatic and feverish, with flashes of tenderness and revenge. Fans of A Favorita and Ugly Betty will find resonance in its mix of glossy surfaces, scheming families, and romantic obsession, though its heavier themes give it a sharper, more adult edge.

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