Hilda Hurricane

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.

Hilda Hurricane is a soap, war, and politics series made for TV Globo. It ran for one season of 32 episodes between May 1998 and July 1998.

Ana Paula Arósio leads the cast as Hilda Furacão, Rodrigo Santoro as Frei Malthus, Danton Mello as Roberto Drummond, and Thiago Lacerda as Aramel. The series began as a novel.

Shelv files it under reporter, communism, father, and prostitution.

Sense and Sensibility, The Crimson Petal and the White, and Looking for Alaska make useful companions to Hilda Hurricane, all filed under miniseries, romance, and unrequited love.