Helena was shown by Rede Manchete between May 4 and November 7, 1987. 161 chapters were written, with the "cinematographic" direction of Denise Saraceni and Luiz Fernando Carvalho. The novel was written by Mário Prata, Reinaldo Moraes and myself, based on the novel by Machado de Assis. General supervision by José Wilker. Another work lost in the dismantling of the Manchete network. It was reprized in 1989 (reissued) and sold to several countries. The cast was especially talented: Luciana Braga, Thales Pan Chacon, Aracy Balabanian, Mayara Magri, Yara Amaral, Othon Bastos, Isabel Ribeiro, Sérgio Mamberti, Paulo Villaça, Cláudio Mamberti, Ivan de Albuquerque, Elias Andreatto, Eliane Giardini, Thelma Reston, Buza Ferraz, Mônica Torres, Luiz Maçãs, Christiane Couto, Chiquinho Brandão and many more.