Além do Horizonte (English: Beyond the Horizon) is a Brazilian telenovela created by Carlos Gregório and Marcos Bernstein. It was produced and broadcast by Globo.
The telenovela features an ensemble cast headed by Juliana Paiva, Thiago Rodrigues, Antônio Calloni, Rodrigo Simas, Mariana Rios, Sheron Menezzes, Flávia Alessandra, Alexandre Borges, Marcello Novaes, Cássio Gabus Mendes and special participation by Alexandre Nero.
Plot
Lili (Juliana Paiva), Rafa (Vinicius Redd) and William (Thiago Rodrigues) are willing to explore a new world. In search of loved ones who have disappeared without explanation, these three young people get to know each other and, together, discover that one has to go far beyond the horizon to unravel the mysteries that surround their families. In this journey, they intend to find the father of Lili, Luis Carlos (Antonio Calloni); the aunt and brother of William, Tereza (Carolina Ferraz) and Marlon (Rodrigo Simas); and Rafa's girlfriend, Paulinha (Christiana Ubach). The clues they leave suggest that there is a place, far away, where life can be full and transforming.
Lili (Juliana Paiva) lives with her mother, Heloísa (Flávia Alessandra) since her father, Luís Carlos, the LC (Antonio Calloni), left the family, saying that she needed to go after full and concrete happiness. His disappearance was a mystery investigated by the delegate André (Caco Ciocler), but the case was terminated and LC given as dead. Ten years later, Lili discovers that her father left her a letter to her in the will, revealing she may be alive. He also advises her to go after happiness. From there, she decides to go after the truth and ends up discovering that he ran away with a lover, Tereza (Carolina Ferraz).
William (Thiago Rodrigues) lives with his brother Marlon (Rodrigo Simas) and Aunt Sandra (Karen Coelho). His parents died in a car accident, and he was raised by his aunt Tereza (Carolina Ferraz), but she disappeared and left her nephews in the care of her sister, Sandra, who had to take care of them even though she was very young. Since then, William has also begun to work hard and has devoted himself to studies. But he did not get a job and gets money by selling college jobs for college students. One day, Marlon disappears with family money and leaves a message stating that he was after happiness, just like Aunt Tereza. William gets desperate and decides to go look for his brother. [lack of sources] Rafa (Vinícius Redd) lives with his father Flavio (Guilherme Fontes) and Júlia (Marcella Valente), but he misses his deceased mother. She is a boyfriend of Paulinha (Christiana Ubach), but she realizes that he does not take risks, he prefers to live life without danger. So. Paulinha decides to go after the happiness and also disappears, leaving recorded in a pen drive a video, counting its reasons and it advises to go after her. From there, Rafa ends up meeting a secret entity, the Group, where he brings together people who are in search of full and concrete happiness.
Thomaz (Alexandre Borges) is a successful lawyer and married to Inês (Maria Luísa Mendonça) and father of Marcelo (Igor Angelkorte), Lili's fiancé. Thomas was LC's best friend before he disappeared, and he was always in love with Heloise.
The Group is led by Líder Jorge (Cássio Gabus Mendes), who gives several lectures and creates an illusion in people, saying that, beyond the horizon, there is a place where everyone is happy, the so-called Community, which lies in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, isolated from the rest of the world. LC, Tereza, Marlon, Paulinha and several other people end up going to the community. The beginners, little by little, discover that not everyone is happy, and want to find out how all the equipment will stop at that end of the world. The so-called Luminous Master is the great head of the Community, and wants, at all costs, that nobody knows the existence of the place. What no one knows is that the master is Hermes (Alexandre Nero) who can become a completely violent person to hide his community.