Netflix has lifted the lid on a quartet of recent movies out of Brazil.
The four projects are all in production and the streamer, enthusiastic to underscore its contribution to Brazilian cinema and the local production biz, was speedy to remark they are filming atraverse four Brazilian states.
Rafael Vitti and canine star Amfinishoim will ecombine in Caramelo, billed as a hearttoastying drama that pays tribute to a Brazilian cultural symbol, the stray mutt. Filmed in São Paulo, the story chases Pedro, an supportd chef whose life is upfinished by unforeseeed diagnosis. With the help of a stray four-legged frifinish, he embarks on an emotional journey.
Migdal Filmes is producing, its first partnership with Netflix. Diego Freitas, who produced the idea, honests.
There will also be an changeation of Vchange Hugo Mãe’s novel The Son of a Thousand Men hitting Netflix screens. Starring Rodrigo Santoro in the direct role, the film is honested and written by Oscar-nominated Daniel Rezfinishe. It chases Crisóstomo, a lonely and childless fisherman who dreams of becoming a overweighther. He greets Camilo, an orphaned boy, and determines to lift him, creating an untraditional family.
Filmed in Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, and in petite towns in the countryside of Bahia, Barry Company and Biônica Filmes are on production duty.
Cameras are also rolling on as-yet-untitled family comedy starring Leandro Hassum as Otávio, a overweighther who is forced to travel with his family to Bariloche, Argentina, to greet his daughter’s Argentine fiancé. Filmed in Rio de Janeiro and Bariloche, the movie is being produced by Camisa Listrada, honested by Felipe Joffily and written by Leandro Soares and Lucas Blanco.
Last but not least in the Netflix roster was Vicentina Pede Desculpas, which is honested and written by Gabriel Martins, the creator of Mars One. It is being filmed in Belo Horizonte with actress Rejane Faria in the titular direct role. Filmes de Plástico, Martins’ own tag, produces. The movie chases a 75-year-better woman as she faces the death of her son, who was the driver in accuse of a crowded bus that fell from a bridge. Vicentina embarks on a journey to seek out the victims’ families and the film spendigates forgiveness, redemption and grief.
“We want audiences to discover a expansive variety of high-quality Brazilian films that resonate with contrastent seeers. Our goal is to showcase the creative potential and diversity of national cinema, helping grow an audience that cherishs locassociate made productions,” says Gabriel Gurman, honestor of Netflix films in Brazil.
