Shows like Side by Side

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 capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, from a wealthy family and destined for an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two have the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of early-20th-century Rio de Janeiro.