A Promessa (2024 TV series)

A Promessa (English title: The Promisse) is a Portuguese telenovela produced by SP Televisão and broadcast by SIC. It premiered on 18 June 2024. The telenovela is written by Inês Gomes and Cândida Ribeiro with the collaboration of Ana Casaca, Ana Vasques, Filipa Poppe, José Carneiro and Manuel Mora Marques. It stars João Catarré, Victoria Guerra, Joana Ribeiro, Lourenço Ortigão, Sofia Alves, Ana Padrão, José Wallenstein, Custódia Gallego and Diogo Martins.

Plot
Helena is a former secretary of António Fontes Morais's who cunningly married her boss, thus earning the title of a trophy wife. Together, they had two children: Tomás and Camila. Their firstborn is a playboy who has been living in the United States and Camila is a spoiled young woman who spends her days spending money and on her phone. The family enjoys a lavish lifestyle, but António doesn't go without a driver and armed security since his brother Fausto was murdered, leaving his son Miguel under the care of his aunt and uncle.

Helena's hatred for the Rocha family has grown as much as the cousins Tomás and Miguel, who is stuck to a wheelchair, love Laura. So, without realizing, the nurse sees herself in the middle of a love triangle that will undermine the harmony between the Fontes Morais and Rocha families. Still, Verónica, who is totally in love with Tomás, and Helena will resort to any means necessary to get rid of Laura.

Cast

 * João Catarré as Miguel Soares Fontes Morais
 * Salvador Pires as Young Miguel
 * Victoria Guerra as Laura Rocha
 * Joana Ribeiro as Verónica Rocha Morais
 * Lourenço Ortigão as Tomás Fontes Morais
 * Vicente Ramirez as Young Tomás
 * Sofia Alves as Maria Rocha
 * José Wallenstein as António Fontes Morais
 * Wallenstein also plays Young António, with the AI feature
 * Ana Padrão as Helena Fontes Morais
 * Padrão also plays Young Helena, with the AI feature
 * Custódia Gallego as Lurdes Rocha
 * Diogo Martins as Nuno Rocha
 * Paula Magalhães as Camila Fontes Morais
 * Renato Godinho as Bruno Cardoso
 * Luísa Cruz as Soraia Pimenta
 * Adriano Luz as Joaquim «Quim» Pimenta
 * Bruna Quintas as Raquel Candeias
 * Ivo Lucas as Ronaldo Pimenta
 * Rita Ribeiro as Isaura Trindade
 * Luís Esparteiro as Rogério Candeias
 * Carla Andrino as Elsa Candeias
 * Tiago Aldeia as Nelson Pacheco
 * Joana Pais de Brito as Sónia Guedes
 * Diana Marquês Guerra as Isabel Candeias
 * Jorge Corrula as Xavier Gouveia
 * Rui Unas as Samuel Trindade
 * Paula Lobo Antunes as Maria do Carmo «Micá» Sarmento
 * Pedro Carmo as Duarte Sarmento
 * Filipa Nascimento as Leonor Sarmento
 * Santiago André as João Guedes
 * Pepê Rapazote
 * Noémia Costa

Guest stars

 * Joana Santos as Bianca Trindade
 * Soraia Chaves as Olga

Production
In 2023, the pre-production for the telenovela began. At the next year, in 2024, the first scenes began to be filmed on 8 April 2024 in Vilarinho de Negrões, Trás-os-Montes, and later 17 April on SP Televisão studios and on the outskirts of Sintra.

Ratings
Premiering with the purpose of returning the lead of audiences left with Amor Amor - Vol. 2 and also to raise the values of its predecessor Papel Principal (2023), A Promessa saw one of the best pilot-episode rating broadcast by SIC since A Serra (2021), drawing a rating of 13.4 points and audience share of 27.0%, leading the audiences.

Since the first episode that the telenovela leads against its main competitor Cacau (2024).