Hilda Hurricane — Season 1, Episode 16: Episode 16
Drama, War & Politics, Soap • 54 min • 1 season, 32 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Despite loving Hilda, Friar Malthus refuses her marriage proposal. Father Nelson is radical about Malthus' love and tells João Dindim that he deserves to go to hell.
About Hilda Hurricane
After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.