From Variety · Rafa Sales Ross · · 1m 10s
Brazil's YA hit machine bets on a five-star mystery
Boutique Filmes stacks a new teen-skewing thriller with Brazil's biggest young stars and a Portuguese breakout.
In brief
Boutique Filmes stacks a new teen-skewing thriller with Brazil's biggest young stars and a Portuguese breakout. Boutique Filmes is chasing Brazil's young adult audience by pairing homegrown star power with Portuguese co-production muscle. Originally reported by Variety.
A new Brazilian mystery
Boutique Filmes is making "The Mystery of the 5 Stars," a project aimed squarely at Brazil's growing young adult audience.
Vera Egito takes the helm
Egito directs, coming off Prime Video's "Tremembé," one of the most talked-about Brazilian series of the past year.
Two homegrown stars
Marina Ruy Barbosa, also from "Tremembé," and João Guilherme of "Beast Race" lead the cast. Both are among Brazil's most popular screen actors.
The Almodóvar connection
Portuguese actor José Condessa joins them. He recently starred in Pedro Almodóvar's "Strange Way of Life" opposite Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke.
A four-way co-production
Globo Filmes, Portugal's Ukbar Filmes, and Sony Pictures International Productions Brazil are all co-producing alongside Boutique.
Sony carries it out
Sony Pictures handles distribution, and the Ukbar tie-up builds a bridge between the Brazilian and Portuguese markets.
At a glance
Boutique Filmes is chasing Brazil's young adult audience by pairing homegrown star power with Portuguese co-production muscle.
