New Beginning (2013): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2013, New Beginning is a drama series.

What it’s about. Álvaro and Maria do Carmo lived happily in Angola. He was a successful businessman and she was a mild mannered housewife. They have two children together, Ana and João, who were studying and living their teenage years in Luanda... Until the day the civil war broke out and everything fell apart. Amidst declarations of independence, a wave of violence breaks out and the established peace and order fades away. In July, 1975, the Mendonça family, along with over five hundred thousand people, leave their belongings behind and embark on an air convoy that would become the biggest exodus in the history of the Portuguese people to a homeland that most only knew from photos and dubbed it Metropolis. In Lisbon, Joaquim and Natália, Álvaro’s brother-in-law and sister, take the Mendonça family in their small apartment, where they will try to get their lives back in order. However, over that hot summer of 1975, the integration seemed to be far from easy.

Who’s in it. New Beginning stars Ana Nave as Maria do Carmo Mendonça, José Carlos Garcia as Álvaro Mendonça, Catarina Wallenstein as Ana Maria Mendonça and João Arrais as João Mendonça, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, New Beginning sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch New Beginning page.

If you liked it. Fans of New Beginning tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.