Naked City

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Year: 2010

Broadcaster: RTP

A series by

Pedro Lopes

Showrunner

Patrícia Sequeira

Producer

Bruno José

Casting

Ana Nave

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Synopsis

Naked City

Showing reality like it is...

What happens when a promising and smart young woman is suddenly called upon to lead he most sophisticated police force in the country. To Ana Belmonte, this is the promotion of her lifetime, to the Criminal Police, this is a shake-up in their deep-seated hierarchy. This young inspector will be confronted with crimes that are tough to crack, where everyone is a suspect and leads can lead to the most unexpected places. But she’ll also have to face the jealousy and anger within her own department, where there are as many allies as there are enemies, and she’s a woman in a men’s world.

Having been promoted by her former stepfather and national director Alberto Machado, Ana is going to permanently change the lives of those around her, whether they like it or not.

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Ana Belmonte

Catarina Furtado

She was born in Mozambique where her father had his business and, after the war, came to Portugal with her mother who remarried with the then Chief Inspector Alberto Machado, now the National Director for the Criminal Police. Ana was 18 when her mother passed away and her stepfather helped her pay for her degree in Psychology. After graduating, she started working at the Criminal Police and was posted in Porto, where she stayed for several years. She’s seeing André for the past two years, but their relationship will suffer when she returns to Lisbon

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