The series' star, Sérgio Cardoso, was criticized at the time for playing a black character, having to paint his body with cork, while there were good black actors who could have played the part. Glória Magadan, TV Globo series supervisor at the time, didn't want Sérgio Cardoso for the part of Pai Tomás. The production came to the extreme of freezing a river in the district of Poá, to shoot some necessary scenes. The production rebuilt a 19th-century boat and p ...[Read Story ]