Pico da Neblina (TV series)

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Pico da Neblina
ReleaseAugust 4, 2019 (2019-08-04) - present

Pico da Neblina (transl. Joint Venture) is a Brazilian

HBO Brazil and Latin America on August 4, 2019.[1] It depicts a scenario in which marijuana has been legalized in Brazil and following the story of a former drug dealer who needs to find a way to keep working.[2]

The title is a pun on the meaning of 'high', as Pico da Neblina is the highest peak in Brazil.

Premise

The series follows the story of Biriba (Luís Navarro), a young drug trafficker from

legalization of marijuana in Brazil, decides to abandon his life on crime and sell his weed legally along with an inexperienced investor partner. But Salim (Henrique Santana), his childhood friend, decides to follow as an old-fashioned drug dealer in the illegality.[3]

Cast and characters

Production

Conception and development

According to the director Quico Meirelles, when Pico da Neblina was being produced, in 2015, he imagined that, when the series would be premiered, in 2019, cannabis would already been legalized in Brazil. But what he saw was a twist in the opposite direction, with the discussions paralyzed in the National Congress of Brazil. The director said he could only imagine what this hypothetical Brazil would be like, based on experiences from other countries that have already legalized the drug, as part of Europe, Uruguay, Canada and the United States.[4]

Academy Award nominated director Fernando Meirelles.[5]

Release

Broadcast

The series premiered simultaneously on

References

  1. ^ "HBO to Premiere Brazilian Original, Pico de neblina, on August 4". todotvnews. June 10, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Giannini, Alessandro (March 19, 2019). "Série de Fernando Meirelles vai mostrar São Paulo com maconha liberada". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Lisboa, Daniel (October 22, 2018). ""Pico da Neblina": Série da HBO imagina como seria Brasil com maconha legalizada". Universo Online (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Branco Cruz, Felipe (August 4, 2019). "Em Pico da Neblina, da HBO, legalização da maconha prejudica traficantes de drogas". Universo Online (in Portuguese). Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  5. ^ Cajueiro, Marcelo (April 6, 2019). "HBO Latin America Orders 'Hard,' 'The American Guest,' 'Pico da Neblina' in Brazil". Variety. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Queirós, Amanda (August 2, 2019). "Série Pico da Neblina imagina Brasil onde maconha é legalizada". Metro Jornal (in Portuguese). Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  7. ^ "HBO España estrena la serie brasileña "Pico de neblina"". neeo.es (in Spanish). August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.