El Clon

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="2a600500dvldtc.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Halo" ><B>Gregg's Space in Cyber Space</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Halo" ><B>     |  </B></FONT>   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Greggs Space in Cyber Space"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Landscapes of Lebanon. "><U>Landscapes of Lebanon. </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tribute to Will Grace "><U>Tribute to Will & Grace  </U></A>   |   El Clon</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="2a7d2c00dvldtc.gif"> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="153bb8c0.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <B><U>THE CAST</U></B></div> <div> The Protagonists:</div> <div> Giovanna Antonelli (Jade) & Murilo Benicio ( Lucas, Diogo and Leo).</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Jade - Is a Brazilian girl who loses who her mom at a very young age and she is forced to move to Morrocco with her uncle, Siri Ali, who takes her in and treats her like his daughter. He is Muslim and therefore Jade is expected to follow his religion. She is forced to marry someone she doesn't know and like. She makes a promise to Allah to spear the life of Lucas when her husband, Said goes in search of him to kill him. But in the end Jade finds herself still remembering Lucas and comes to the conclusion that she loves him.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lucas - Is a young romantic Brazilian who on a pleasure trip to Morocco meet and falls in love with Jade. He has no eyes for no one else but Jade. He'd do anything for Jade.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Latiffa (Jade's Brazilian cousin) </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Said (Jade's cruel yet loving and kind husband)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mohammed ( Latiffa's husband)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Amin and Sumaya         ( Latiffa and Mohammed's children)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Khadija ( Said and Jade's daughter)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Zoraide ( Jade's closest and good friend who becomes her confidant in the love story Jade and Lucas go through. She is also Siri Ali's main house keeper)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Siri Ali ( Jade's muslin uncle who forces her to marry someone outside her culture. Jade has no say as she lost her mom and Ali took her in.Her roots lie in Brazil yet she is forced to move with Ali  Morocco where she meets and falls deeply in love with the love of her life, Lucas)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Nazira ( Is the sister of Said and Mohammed who raises them at a very young age. She is really a funny character.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tio Abdul ( is the Uncle of Said and Mohammed who is an extremist and sometimes invents things and says he does everything according to what the Koran says and what the prophet said to do.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Maysa ( the wife of Lucas who really loves Lucas. She ends up marrying him knowing that Lucas loved someone else. She leads a miserable life due to this and gets worst when she finds out that Lucas never stop loving his JADE.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mel ( is the fruit that Lucas and Maysa bore. Her character is the same of Lucas. She feels left out just like her dad. She feels that no one understands her. Eventually the man she least expected, changes her life. She falls in love with her bodyguard Xande.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Dalva ( is the housekeeper that helps in raising Lucas and Diogo. She tries to do her best for them</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Diogo ( Luca's twin brother who dies in a plane crash. He was completely different than Lucas. He was a player not a romantic like Lucas.)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Leonidas ( the father of Lucas and Diogo is  a wealthy man of humble and poor origins. He makes his company in investments. He looked at Diogo his son as the one who would run things the day he died. However Diogo dies and his only option is Lucas, his only son.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yvette ( is the ever long girlfriend of Leonidas. They both love each other but don't want to admit it.)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Deusa ( is a black woman who becomes the mother of a cloned individual without her even knowing.)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Albieri ( is the doctor who clones Lucas. He does it secretly and is afraid for the world to find out.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ccffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">THERE ARE MANY MORE CHARACTERS.</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div>              El Clon</div> <bR> <div>                                <IMG SRC="14be0210.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="289" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> El Clon or O Clone is the Portuguese soap opera (novela) written by Gloria Perez. Its scenes are shot in scenic landscapes in Brazil and Morocco.</div> <div> The soap is based on the love that two individuals of different religions have for each other. They meet by matter of destiny to fall deeply in love with each other, both being single at the time. Jade becomes crazy for him and so does Lucas for her. Their love had to remain a secret as in Muslim countries a woman could not come in contact with another man outside her home as she would be whipped in public resulting sometimes in death.  Jade confides in Zoraide and tells her all about it. However one day, Jade's uncle, Siri Ali decides that Jade should get married- not with the love of her life but with someone he chose, SAID. Jade feeling confused accepts the marriage even though she didn't know nor loved Said. Her heart belongs to Lucas and Lucas only.</div> <div> Time passes and the two try hard to meet with each other. They eventually succeed and their love grows stronger and stronger. One day they decide to flee to get married in Brazil. However as luck would have it, Said sends his men in search of Jade and finds her. Luckily she was alone. Their plan collapsed and everything changes. Jade fearing for the life of her love Lucas, makes a promise to Allah  to protect Lucas from her crazy psychopathic husband Said who goes in search of Lucas to kill him. Lucas then tries to talk to Jade but because of the promise, Jade rejects him. She feels really bad doing this but feels that she will keep the promise to protect Lucas.</div> <div> Said having a chain of hotels decides to expand his chain of hotel to Brazil. He makes contacts in Brazil and the one firm that replies is no other than Lucas' dad's company. Everything changes once more and the love between Lucas and Jade is reignited like a wild fire. Said forces Jade to come with him to Brazil and Jade meets Lucas. But Lucas tries and succeeds in winning back the heart of Jade that he thought he had lost. Lucas tells Jade to meet him one day and nothing happens. But on Xmas day, they both wonder and meet face to face at the beach where well the two reconcile and kiss. They go to Lucas apartment and spend some quality lovely romancing time together. After this they decide that they will break their marriage and live together as two individuals who love each other without hiding it. </div> <bR> <div> The finale. So El clon has finished and what a nice end it was. Said divorces Jade and she marries Zein, an Egyptian business man who falls deeply in love with her. Jade however likes Zein but doesn't love him. She pleas to him to free her so she can be a single free woman and  she can do as she pleases. Zein gives her the divorce and Jade is free. She stays in Morocco. Said marries an arab woman called Ranya, and gives Said his so desired male child. Khadija, Jade's daugher, suffers bcuz she can't see her OMI (MOM) and tries hard to reconcile her mom and dad. Jade and Lucas finally get married and live happy. </div> <div>                                <IMG SRC="14d8c110.jpg" border=0 width="396" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>                     <IMG SRC="150f47c0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                Jade Rasheed - the protagonist of the novela. </div> <div>                              The love of Lucas. She is really sweet and smart</div> <div>                     <IMG SRC="14ef47c0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                      Lucas Ferraz (who also plays Diogo and Leo)</div> <div>                     He is romantic, smart loving, caring and has eyes only for Jade.</div> <div>                                         </div> <div>                                           <IMG SRC="1b62c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Diogo Ferraz is Lucas' twin brother. </div> <div> He dies in a tragic plane crash. After this, Lucas is seen by his father as the one who will replace Diogo and shall do everything that Diogo was destined to do. </div> <bR> <div>                      <IMG SRC="154f47c0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                            Jade and her daughter, Khadija.</div> <div>                                    Khadija likes to dance and is really sweet. </div> <div>                            She has a thing for GOLD. She likes GOLD. </div> <div>                                            Everything for her is GOLD.</div> <bR> <div>                      <IMG SRC="155f47c0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>             Said Rasheed, Jade's husband pictured here with Sumaya and his niece, Samira</div> <div>                      <IMG SRC="156f47c0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                  Latiffa and her children. Amin is sitting down. </div> <div>                      Samira is giving her back and Ahmed is Siri Ali's worker.</div> <bR> <div>                      <IMG SRC="157f47c0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                       Miro is Xande's friend. He becomes one of Nazira's crush. </div> <bR> <div>                      <IMG SRC="159f2760.jpg" border=0 width="498" height="374" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                       Yvette is Leonidas Ferraz all time girlfriend. Pretty isn't she.?</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1b92c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1ba2c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                   Lucas Ferraz                                                 Jade Rasheed</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1b82c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="1b72c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </div> <div> Jade and Lucas.                                      In real life, Jade and Lucas are now dating.</div> <div> Together at last. 18 yrs. later</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1bb2c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="1bc2c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Nazira is Said's sister. A torment for       Latiffa. Jade's cousin, married to Jade's ex, Said's                       </div> <div> both Latiffa and Jade at times but           brother, Mohammed. A couple to admire.</div> <div> she was a character never to forget. </div> <div> She was funny and hmmm i miss her </div> <div> character.                          </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1bd2c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                        <IMG SRC="1be2c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Karla. She was Xande's ex.                                                             Xande.</div> <div> Due to her mother's ambition, Karla artificially </div> <div> inseminates herself with the sperm of a rich man. </div> <div> It's a complicated story, but it's funny at the end.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1bf2c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                      <IMG SRC="1c02c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ceceu.  Becomes Karla's child step brother.          Zein. an Egyptian guy that falls deeply</div> <div> It's Ceceu's father's sperm Karla used to make        in love with Jade, but she rejects him.</div> <div> her baby.                                                                        He however saves Jade and frees her</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1c12c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                             <IMG SRC="1c22c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Samira. A sweet girl who rebels and turns out                   Nazira and Jade. </div> <div> to be like Jade. She falls in love with a Brazilian </div> <div> who is not muslim and is totally unacceptable for</div> <div> a Muslim to fall in love with someone who's not </div> <div> from their religion.</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div>                               <IMG SRC="18681120.jpg" border=0 width="385" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                              From top right: </div> <div> Jade, Leo (Lucas' clone), Lucas, Albieri, Leonidas, Deusa and Dalva (at the top crying)</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>