
Transforming yourself can be magical
This modern fairy tale tells the story of a homeless girl who dreams of helping out her family and finds her big chance of turning her life around in a fashion modeling contest - but the way to winning it and becoming a star will be a lot harder than she originally envisioned. A captivating romantic comedy about overcoming obstacles, Total Dreamer wins its audience’s heart right from the first episode.
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Marina Ruy BarbosaEliza de Assis Monteiro
Juliana PaesCarolina Castilho
Fábio AssunçãoArthur Valmont Carneiro de Alcântara
Felipe SimasJonatas Castro
Vivianne PasmanterLiliane de Bocaiuva Monteiro (Lili)
Humberto MartinsGermano Monteiro
Juliana PaivaSandra Regina Matoso (Cassandra)
Daniel RochaRafael Guerra
Carla SalleLeila de Oliveira
Priscila SteinmanSofia de Bocaiuva Monteiro
Leona CavalliGilda de Assis Machado
Paulo RochaErondino Machado (Dino)
Daniel BlancoFabio de Bocaiuva Monteiro (Fabinho)
Sergio MalheirosJorge da Silva (Jacaré)
Olívia TorresDébora Matoso
Julianne TrevisolMaria Luísa (Lu)
Giovanna RispoliMaria João Oliver de Alcântara (Jojô)
Glória MenezesStela Carneiro de Alcântara (Stelinha)
Reginaldo FariaMaurice de Alcântara
Samantha SchmützIsadora Castilho (Dorinha)
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Based on Pygmalion
Episodes
Ran for 1 season and 175 episodes (2015 to 2016)
Setting
Set in Rio de Janeiro
Season 1, 175 episodes
Gilda tries to convince Eliza that her father has passed away. Carolina announces that she is going to Australia to participate in a fashion editorial with model Daniele Lieb Dich. Arthur's car breaks down on the road and he finds Eliza in Dino's workshop.
Arthur asks Eliza if she has ever thought about being a model. Carolina demands that Arthur go with her to Australia. Eliza tries to defend herself from Dino, who ends up having an accident. Eliza runs away with her mother's help and gets a ride to travel to Rio de Janeiro.
Dino claims that Eliza tried to kill him. Bino takes Eliza to Rio de Janeiro and gives her instructions to look for Fátima's pension, but it is stolen by employee Jessy. Rafael asks Lu to recommend him as a photographer for Carolina. Jacaré watches Eliza.
Officer Wilson recommends that Eliza look for shelter. Faced with the threat of cutting investment in Totalmente Demais, Carolina convinces Lili to maintain her sponsorship of the magazine. Jacaré and Braço corner Eliza and Jonatas appears to save her.
Jonatas and Eliza manage to escape from Jacaré. Fabinho and the group are arrested for protesting in front of the Bastille. Eliza tells Jonatas that she also wants to become a street businesswoman and he suggests that she sell flowers at night.
Jonatas teaches Eliza how to behave in front of customers. Dorinha and Zé Pedro go to the Totalmente Demais party, Cassandra and Hugo take the opportunity to join them. Eliza sells all her flowers to Florisval, who pretends to be a businessman for Maristela.
Eliza reveals to Jonatas that she had problems with her stepfather. Jonatas helps Fabinho and his activist friends hide from the police. Arthur tells Max that the winner of the Totally Too Much Girl contest must be from his agency.
Dorinha suggests that Carolina take advantage of her fertile period to seduce Arthur. Jonatas tells Rosângela that he saw Florisval with a woman. Jonatas takes Eliza to meet his family. Upon seeing Arthur talking to Lorena, Carolina decides to make her jealous.
Max takes Lu to his usual nightclub and they end up meeting Rafael and Lorena. Rosângela and Maristela fight over Florisval. Jonatas insinuates to his mother that he is in love with Eliza. Jojô takes a compromising photo of Carolina and threatens to show it to Arthur.
Jonatas asks Fabinho for help to get a lawyer for his mother. Fabinho tells Leila and Jamaica that he will create a project to stop pollution from the Bastille to the Tamanduá River. Eliza dreams about Arthur and ends up kissing Jonatas.
Aparecida advises Arthur to take better care of Jojô. Fabinho presents the project at Bastille. Florisval has the impression of seeing Jonatas working on the streets. Arthur doesn't recognize Eliza and bets Carolina that he can transform the girl.
Jonatas asks Zé Pedro for help to deceive Rosângela. Cassandra changes her name and appearance to present herself to Arthur as a candidate for the Garota Totalmente Demais contest. Max looks for Eliza at the flower market, but mistakes her for Cassandra.
Eliza and Jonatas are suspicious of Arthur's proposal. Florisval is arrested and Carolina pays the outstanding pensions. Lu mistreats Rafael. Fabinho questions whether Germano is cheating on Lili. Hugo agrees to help Eliza meet her mother.
Gilda is surprised by Eliza's condition. Zé Pedro tells Carolina that the bet contract will be informal. At Cassandra's request, Hugo calls Felipe Cabral, pretending to be Max, and states that a peasant girl could be the Totally Too Much Girl.
Cassandra discovers that Excalibur is looking for Eliza. Jonatas convinces his mother that he works honestly. Fabinho receives a suggestion from Jonatas for the project and promises him a job at Bastille if he gets approval.
Cassandra does the photoshoot for the contest. Jonatas offers to go with Eliza to visit Excalibur. Carolina likes Rafael's work. Eliza makes a special dinner for her and Jonatas. Arthur and Carolina sign the bet contract.
Pietro advises Carolina to give up on the bet with Arthur. Adele asks Cassandra for secrecy until the list of those selected is released to the press. Carolina gives Rafael a job opportunity. Rafael tells Lu about Sofia's accident.
Dino discovers that Eliza is in Rio de Janeiro. Eliza tells Jonatas that she will only be able to bring her family if the modeling job works out. Germano approves Fabinho's project. Jonatas is prevented from entering the party because he is not dressed appropriatel.
Germano accuses Rafael. Germano offers Jonatas a job. Carolina worries about Eliza's success among journalists. Lili comments to Carolina that perhaps she was too quick to praise Eliza. Eliza withdraws from the contest and leaves the event.
On the one hand, Carolina has an old relationship with Arthur, which never stabilized. On the other hand, young Eliza fled the interior of Rio de Janeiro and started living on the streets of the capital with the help of Jonatas. You can follow the encounters and disagreements of these couples in the soap opera by Rosane Svartman and Paulo Halm.

