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Portuguese TV: Titles to Track at Conecta Fiction
From mega hits Cacau and Dogpack to pubcaster RTP’s big play ‘Irreversible,’ the full gamut of ambitious series being brought o Conecta Fiction
Written by Brazil’s Marina Schneider, “‘Aquarium’ questions what it is to be a woman today, through the critical and oneiric eyes of two young Brazilian authors,” say directors Stella Carneiro, writer of Marcelo Gomes’ “Joaquim,” and Portugal’s Saul Neves and Virgílio Ferreira. First prize winner in the Writing and Script Development Competition organized by Portuguese film agency ICA sponsored by Netflix, the coming of age WWII tale, turns on a young teen orphan accused of conjuring the devil in the isolated town of Aljezur. Described as a “gripping historical adventure drama,” now in post, and ready for delivery October/November, directed by David & Golias’ CEO Fernando Vendrell, behind RTP hit “3 Women.” Gonçalo Waddington, star of Cannes best director winner “Grand Tour,” plays Sacadura Cabral, in a series recounting the daring exploits of the first aviator to cross the South Atlantic from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro in 2022.
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