And here begins a web of intrigue and complications.Īs we follow Didi's journey and transformation, we travel into the sordid world of drug trafficking and corruption of Rio, a magical and mysterious city where dreams vanish and crime and law have no limits.Ĭo-producers - Carlos de Andrade / Felipe BretasĬo-production - Stopline / Volf Entertainment / Visom Digital / MultiphocusĬast - Joaquim de Almeida, Junior Vieira, Duran Fulton Brown, Gabriel Loran, Marcello Alves, Samuel Melo, Alejandra Toussaint, Joe Renteria However, there is one small problem: Didi is Calango's brother. Ciro and the local politicians promise to hand over the "mouth" of Calango's favela to the faction. Sergeant Magalhães, a corrupt cop and Ciro's right-hand man, deliberately delays a supply of weapons that Calango desperately needs to protect his territory from an imminent police invasion. ![]() ![]() In a favela, the drug trafficking leader Calango is losing money with his drug business. Didi and Alex begin to work for Ciro, the "bicheiro", laundering the millions from the “Animal Game". Alex meets Paulinha and they start a forbidden relationship. Ciro is also the owner of a samba school and a powerful boss of “Rio’s mafia”. She is the illegitimate daughter of Casemiro Alves (Ciro), a Portuguese emigrant who runs the “Animal Game” (“Jogo do Bicho”), an illegal gambling scheme that is very popular in Brazil. Paulinha, a sexy transgender woman, dreams of being featured in the Rio carnival parade and having a musical career in the Brazilian funk scene. Unaware of the illegal world of money laundering that Alex is involved in, working for his father-in-law Frank Martinez, Didi eagerly accepts the job offer. In this unexpected encounter, Alex offers him a job. At a samba school rehearsal, Didi encounters an English friend - Alex - who is now in Rio as CEO of a brokerage firm. In a favela in Rio, Didi - a recent accounting graduate - wants to live a peaceful and honest life - contrary to his brother Calango's life of crime. It also premiered the thriller “THE LAST ANIMAL”, directed by Leonel Vieira in Rio de Janeiro, which was nominated as Best Foreign Film at the Gramado Film Festival (Brazil, 2022) an Best Film at the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival (USA, 2023). Volf Entertainment recently premiered “THE CRIME OF FATHER AMARO” (6x45’), a period series for the public channel RTP (Portugal) also directed by Leonel Vieira, which won Best TV Series and Best TV Pilot at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival - Web Series (2023). Directed by Terry Jorge and produced by Survival Pictures, “THE PROMISE”, with Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale, had a team of 500 technicians and almost 40 trucks of equipment. ![]() In 2015, he performed the biggest production service in Portugal for a Hollywood production of that time. In 2010, he directed and produced with Spain the miniseries “CONEXÃO” (2x90’), about drug trafficking in Galicia, which was nominated for the FIPA D’OR in Biarritz (2010). A co-production between France, Brazil, Portugal and Canada. In 2013 he was co-producer of “RED BRAZIL”, a major historical production filmed in English (with a budget of €10M). Leonel Vieira has been working for more than a decade with important producers in Brazil and Spain. To this day, it holds the 1st place in the most watched national films. This film is part of a trilogy of comedies that was a great success in Portugal and were sold to Netflix, Prime Video, AXN, Canal Hollywood, TVCine and RTP1. “O PÁTIO DAS CANTIGAS” (2015), directed and produced by Leonel Vieira, became the biggest box office success of Portuguese cinema. Leonel Vieira founded Stopline Films in 2004, a production company dedicated to the production of films and series, adding over the years more than 30 titles and almost 200 advertising films. ![]() This production company counts with the trajectory and experience of 25 years of director and producer Leonel Vieira. Mandalas are often used for meditation and are used to to achieve a feeling of wholeness.VOLF ENTERTAINMENT is a company created by an investment company, LISBON VENTURES, to produce series, films and documentaries. The word "Mandala" is Sanskrit for "Circle" and is a spiritual symbol representing all aspects of life. Mandalas are a type of religious and spiritual art with a deep significance for many people.
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