Julia Stockler

A jewel heist forces a group of misfits together in the remote Brazilian mountains, but simmering tensions threaten to tear them violently apart.

Set against the backdrop of the affluent beauty industry in Rio de Janeiro, this Brazilian telenovela centers on a young woman named Sofia, who witnesses her mother Cléo's unjust arrest at the hands of her ambitious aunt Lola. Angry and seeking answers, Sofia befriends the loving Paixão family, who are mourning the loss of their daughter Rebeca from a botched surgery. As Sofia and her new family learn the truth of their tragedies, they team up against the people responsible: Lola, who now runs her own beauty company, and the Argentos, the secretive clan behind a wealthy plastic surgery empire. A story of the lengths a young woman will go to for justice, Scars of Beauty (Beleza Fatal) follows Sofia's obsessive descent into the Argentos' world -- even if it means losing herself in the process.