Welcome to Beirais
Welcome to Beirais
- Year
- 2013
- Broadcaster
- RTP
- A series by
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- Pedro Lopes
- Written with
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- Ana Vasques
- Nuno Duarte
- Filipe Santos
- Miguel Simal
- Marta Pais Lopes
- Ana Lúcia Carvalho
- Showrunner
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- Manuel Amaro da Costa
- Producer
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- Bruno José
- Casting
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- Rita Lello
- Inês Rosado
- Prizes and Awards
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Synopsis
WELCOME TO BEIRAIS
When you can’t afford to fail again, success is the only way forward...
Diogo Almada is a successful account manager at a telecommunications company who is struggling with serious stress and anxiety issues due to the constant state of pressure he lives in. His situation becomes worse when he suffers a stroke which puts him in hospital. There, doctors tell him that if he doesn't slow down things could become much worse for him in the future.
He also meets the owner of a vegetables and herbs greenery in Beirais, a small village in the midlands, who is looking to sell it. Diogo then decides to buy him out and risk it as a farmer himself. He wants his girlfriend Teresa to come along with him, but she refuses to leave Lisbon due to her career and also because she doesn't want to give up her city comforts.
But Diogo decides to move to Beirais anyway, where he is faced with an entirely different reality from what he’s used to. From their customs to their way of life and even how they dress, everything is new for Diogo and a challenge to his adaptability. He tries his best to overcome it and, while he’s trying to adapt, he’ll also have to manage his long distance relationship with Teresa.