Are you ready to get emotional? HBO Max has confirmed, EXCLUSIVELY to hugogloss.com, that Grazi Massafera has been cast to star in the remake of “Dona Beja,” the soap opera that conquered the country in the 1980s.
“I feel very happy and proud to be a part of this real historical figure, who inspired a book, or a soap opera, which is part of the Brazilian imagination and you will now have such a special narrative.Celebrated with inspiration.HBO and I have been flirting with each other from afar, ever since people started talking about the possibility of a “Donna Bega” existence, we’ve talked a lot and now we’re finally assuming this relationship. It will be beautifulHe finished.
The production is a re-reading of the work of the same name, and is based on the biographical novels “A Vida em Flor de Dona Beja” (1966), by Agripa Vasconcelos, and “Dona Beija: a sorceira de Araxá” (1957) by Thomas Leonardos . In the series, Grazi will revive the life of Ana Jacinta, a woman who loses her virginity as a result of a kidnapping and ends up being rejected by the society in which she lives.
Since then, she has become Doña Bega, the greatest courtesan in the Araxa region, in Minas Gerais. Baja will then follow a journey of empowerment, as she will expose the hypocrisy of a patriarchal society, and place her ex-fiancé Antonio and all the men who cross her fate at her feet. It will also show the importance of women’s strength in 40 chapters, with about 40 minutes per chapter.
Despite being classics in television and literature, HBO Max intends to update the adaptation, taking into account the changes in society in recent decades. The original 89 chapters of “Donna Bega” were shown between March 31 and July 11, 1986 on Manchetti TV. The series, starring Maitê Proença, marks the channel’s first major success in dramaturgy.
The new version, made by producer Floresta, will be written by Daniel Berlinski, Antonio Barrera, in collaboration with Maria Clara Matos, Cecilia Giannetti, Clara Anastasia and Sissy Alves. The production is based on the abstract developed by Renata Jain and Antonio Barrera, in a reinterpretation of the original work created by Wilson Aguiar Filho.
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