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Set in a boutique hotel in Alaçati, this comedy-drama puts a family business under real commercial pressure when outside investors decide the property is worth having. The humor grows out of stubbornness and competing loyalties rather than constructed jokes; a mother who refuses to sell and daughters who may not entirely agree with her makes for friction that feels lived-in.
The businessman pursuing the hotel is persistent and charming, which complicates things in ways that go beyond a simple standoff. Resolutions here come from how people actually behave under pressure, not from convenient plot turns, so the feel-good quality earns its place gradually rather than arriving as a given.
feel-good family comedy, story-driven humor and Comedy
Comedy and Drama
Season 1 · 8 episodes
Netflix
A modest boutique hotel run by a mother and her two daughters in Alaçati becomes highly desirable to investors due to its location. A handsome businessman is determined to buy the hotel that the mother absolutely does not want to ...
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