Globo brings a diversified portfolio to MIPCOM 2022
“Pantanal” and “All The Flowers” are the company's focus for the main event in the content market
20-10-2022
Latin America’s largest content producer, whose stories continue to bring audience around the world, Globo brings to MIPCOM 2022 a selection of major productions and releases for the international market. With different dramas and formats, the company presents series and telenovelas that engage with different audiences and meet diverse business strategies. Among the main dramas are “All The Flowers” which will be released in the international market at the event, the telenovelas “Pantanal” and “In Your Place,” and Globoplay Originals “Aruanas 2,” “Unsoul 2,” “Hidden Truths 2,” and “Dissident Archangel”.
“We seek to form strategic partnerships involving quality content to drive our clients’ objectives. And these productions that we are taking to MIPCOM reinforce our commitment. More than technical quality, we have plots with high power of attraction, with universal subjects,” says Angela Colla, Head of International Sales at Globo.
Currently on air in Brazil, “Pantanal” is audience leader in its slot, reaching 35.8 million viewers per day and with 30% growth in audience compared to the previous telenovela in the same time slot*. The plot, a classic family saga, which had already been a huge success in the country, 30 years ago, by the author Benedito Ruy Barbosa, has been updated to a remake written by his grandson, Bruno Luperi, and directed by Gustavo Fernandes.
MIPCOM also sets the release of the Globoplay Original telenovela “All The Flowers,” written by João Emanuel Carneiro, author of “Brazil Avenue,” licensed for more than 140 countries. With Regina Casé (A Mother’s Love), Sophie Charlotte (Iron Island, The Party, and Dark Days), Letícia Colin (Where My Heart Is), Mariana Nunes (A Life To Die For), and a great cast, directed by Carlos Araujo, the plot was produced directly for the platform, reinforcing Globo’s positioning of investing in content ready for streaming. Among other Globoplay Originals productions that will be present at the event are the second seasons of “Unsoul” and “Aruanas,” released in 2022, “Hidden Truths 2,” and “A Woman's Fate,” from 2021, “We Are Five,” and “Dissident Archangel,” from 2020.
About the Productions
Pantanal (Telenovela 120 X 1h)
One of the telenovelas most present in the Brazilian imagination, Pantanal is a family saga about the Leôncio and the Marruá, set in one of the richest ecosystems in the world. After the mysterious disappearance of his father, Joventino, cowboy José Leôncio becomes a wealthy landowner, including a ranch in the Pantanal. More than twenty years have gone by and, embittered by his father’s disappearance and his wife’s flight to Rio de Janeiro with their son, Jove, José Leôncio has the chance to reconcile with the boy, now a young man raised in the big city, with values and habits very different from his own. The cast includes renowned names such as Marcos Palmeira, Juliana Paes, Murilo Benício, Dira Paes, Alanis Guillen, Jesuíta Barbosa, Bruna Linzmeyer, Renato Góes, and others.
All the Flowers (Telenovela 85 X1h)
‘All the Flowers’ is a modern fairy tale, a contemporary thriller filled with stories of love, revenge and redemption. Maíra (Sophie Charlotte) was raised by her father in the city of Pirenópolis, in the Brazilian Midwest, believing that her mother had died. This was a lie her father told her in order to protect her from the scorn of her mother, who rejected her when she learned that her daughter was born with a disability. Many years later, Maíra comes across a stranger on their doorstep. That’s Zoé (Regina Casé), her mother. Without revealing her true intentions, Zoe reappears asking her daughter’s forgiveness for having abandoned her. As in a dream that turns into a nightmare, Maíra experiences the strongest emotions of her life. Her father dies in the same day she finds out her mother is alive. Not suspecting anything, Maíra goes to Rio de Janeiro, where she will be used by her mother to ensure the survival of her younger sister, Vanessa (Letícia Colin). And what would be a happy fresh start for Maíra with her family turns into a long and dangerous journey.
Hidden Truths 2 (Telenovela 50 x 1h)
With no money and a sick young son, Angel returns to the underworld of fashion and luxury. Giovanna believes that Angel killed her father and will do anything to put her in jail. As a result, they start a personal war, which involves Cristiano, a private investigator.
Aruanas 2 (Series 10 x 45’)
Now without Verônica, the activists Luiza and Natalie are fighting to prevent the issuing of an Executive Order that will exempt the largest oil companies in Brazil from paying taxes. To do so, they try to stop Olga’s lobbying in Brasília, while investigating the hidden secrets behind the apparently exemplary aura of sustainability of Arapós, the largest petrochemical complex in Brazil.
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In Your Place (Telenovela 70 x 1h)
Christian and Renato are identical twins who have opposite lives: Christian grew up in an orphanage and is underemployed, struggling to survive. Renato was adopted by a rich family and had everything that money can buy. When they meet again as adults, a tragedy happens: Renato is murdered and identified as Christian who, in turn, takes the place of his brother. However, to this end, he must leave behind his identity and his great love.
A Trick of Fate (Telenovela 60 x 1h)
After spending ten years wrongfully imprisoned for the death of his girlfriend Elisa, the illusionist Davi returns to the family farm of his beloved under another identity and discovers that her younger sister, Isadora, has become exactly like Elisa. The two fall madly in love, but will have to fight against the evil Joaquin and other outside forces that threaten this great passion.
A Life to Die For (Telenovela 70 x 1h)
A declining soccer player, an ambitious businesswoman, a snobbish doctor, and a rebellious pole dancer die by mistake and are sent back to life, with the warning that in one year one of them will die. They then begin a race against the clock to fix what is wrong in their lives and try to change their fate.
Unsoul 2 (Series 10 x 1h)
After 30 years, Haia and her daughter Halyna are reunited after a ritual is performed. For decades, Haia has been plotting revenge against those responsible for her daughter's death. Now Halyna is back in another body to settle old scores. Mysteries from the past and spirit possessions shake the fictitious Brigida, which will be the set of remarkable supernatural events.
A Woman´s Fate (Series 12 x 45’)
A story of three women who are stuck to social patterns that prevent them from being happy. Stella, after fifty years of marriage, notices she has given up on dreams to be the woman behind a “great man” and for motherhood. In an act of courage, she decides to get a divorce. Her daughter Lívia is a famous psychologist that, to try to make her jealous and manipulative husband happy, gives up on great opportunities. Cléo is a survivor who struggles against adversities imposed by her social life and does everything to maintain her mother’s happiness. Searching for their freedom, their dilemmas and relationships cross paths throughout the story, making each one of them reinvent themselves and discover their overcoming skills, learning that it is never too late to have control over their own lives.
We Are Five (Series 10 x 45’)
In this coming- of-age series, five friends are reunited after six years without seeing each other. They are entering adulthood and dealing with conflicts of different natures, but common to a generation that is skeptical about the future, relationships and people. Amid reflection on the choices and the destiny they have decided upon for their lives, together they feel stronger to face what is to come.
Dissident Archangel (Series 10 x 45')
In this police thriller where right and wrong often get mixed up, the leading sergeant of the most important and efficient team of Special Operations Battalion will seek for revenge when one of his friends is tragically injured during a high risk operation. Without noticing he will end up in deep conflict with the highest level of politicians in the State.
*Source: Kantar Ibope Media - PNT (March 28th to May 22nd, 2022)