Presença de Anita (English: Anita's Presence) is a 2001 Brazilian miniseries based on the novel of the same name written by Mário Donatopublished in 1948 , it became a great success and a great scandal for the time. with the success of the literary work . In 1951 comes a film adaptation directed in 1951 by Ruggero Jacobbi. An obsession, seduction and death story about the 18-year-old lolita-type girl, Anita and the 45-year-old family man, Fernando, it stars Mel Lisboa and José Mayer as the main characters. Mel Lisboa, who was 19 at the time, had her acting debut in this series, playing her most-famous role up to today.The series, directed by Ricardo Waddington and Alexandre Avancini, aired on Rede Globo from August 7 through August 31, 2001, in 16 chapters.