Lifeline

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Year: 2012

Broadcaster: RTP

A series by

Ana Lúcia Carvalho

Ana Vasques

Catarina Dias

Rita Roberto

Sebastião Salgado

Showrunner

Patrícia Sequeira

Producer

Alexandre Hachmeister

Casting

Inês Rosado

José Martins

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Synopsis

LIFELINE

Showing life as it is...

Alice is a surgeon who is forced to work with her ex-husband David, an anaesthesiologist who will incorporate the Surgical Team at the Santa Catarina Hospital in Lisbon. Vicente also works at this hospital in internal medicine. He’s married to Simone, who’s a vet at the Zoo. This couple will go through a messy divorce in which Vicente is in danger of losing custody of his children due to his affair with his colleague Alice.

This series that follows the everyday lives of doctors fighting to save people's lives at a city hospital, but also the challenges and adventures of a team of veterinarians, biologists and zoo keepers who are committed to preserving their wildlife at the Zoo.

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Alice Borges

Dalila Carmo

Alice never had any doubts about what she wanted to be: a doctor who would be able to save lives. So, at age 34, she is now one of the surgeons at the Santa Catarina Hospital. She was married to David, with whom she had Nuno, her son who, unexpectedly, passed away in his sleep at eight months old. The couple suffered a huge shock and she ended up filing for divorce, with David moving to London. After her son’s passing, Alice became more guarded.

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