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Onza Distribution Sells Hit Portuguese Telenovela ‘Cacao’ to Mediaset in Spain (EXCLUSIVE)
Produced by broadcaster TVI and Plural Entertainment, the telenovela has led Portuguese primetime since its Jan. 15 bow.
In a move that could suggest the start of a promising future for Portuguese telenovelas in Spain, sales house Onza Distribution has sold primetime hit soap “Cacau” (“Cacao”) to Mediaset España, one of the country’s two big commercial free-to-air broadcasters. Set in a cocoa plantation in Itacaré (Brazil), the telenovela follows a young girl of Portuguese family named Cacao – played by actress Matilde Reymão – who makes chocolate with exotic flavors. At MipTV, Onza is also presenting further TV fiction productions “Heartless,” a highly anticipated Spanish thriller scheduled for an April 19 release via Prime Video Spain, and Czech drama “Golden Swan,” set in 1939 Prague.
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