A dreamy seamstress and mother of three's life is turned upside down when she's wrongly diagnosed with a terminal disease along with an actually terminally ill wealthy book publisher.

Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.

为了解开一个谜团，年轻女子搬进豪华的公寓社区，并结识了这里古怪而又可疑的居民。

剧情年代设在1817年，讲述的是一个教葡萄牙语的英国女人安娜·米尔曼与葡萄牙籍巴西男演员若阿金·马丁之间的爱情故事。他们原本住在欧洲，而后同巴西的未来皇帝唐佩德罗结盟辗转颠簸到巴西。登上船的那一刻起，他们的命运便纠缠一起。尽管他们彼此相爱，却受到一个英国官员的威胁，这名官员想要据安娜为己有。若阿金同一个葡萄牙女演员的假结婚，导致了安娜登上离开巴西的船逃离这场爱恨情仇。本剧也展现了巴西争取独立的抗争。