Entertainment
16 May 2024
Link copied to clipboardSão Paulo, May 16, 2024 – Boy or girl? At her gender reveal party, Liana (Juliana Paes) is neither excited, truly happy, nor does she have any expectations. She already knows the answer – and it's not quite what you'd expect. There are two boys: twins, each with different fathers – one is the son of her husband Tomás (Vladimir Brichta), while the other is the result of something she'd prefer to forget. In Netflix's first Brazilian melodrama series, Desperate Lies, the plot revolves around a very particular question: how many secrets can a mother keep?
The story begins with Liana's extremely rare case of heteropaternal superfecundation – though the series is fictional, there are around 20 confirmed cases worldwide – and it transforms the protagonist's life in every way, with twists and turns that impact the dreams of her entire family. Liana, a woman who wants to be a mother, is bewildered at the news. In the midst of mixed feelings and a huge moral dilemma, it's hard to say if she will be able to love both children equally and maintain her family relationships in the same way.
Produced by A Fábrica, with artistic direction by Maurício Farias and script creation by Angela Chaves, Desperate Lies also stars Felipe Abib, Palomma Duarte, João Vitti, Jussara Freire, Martha Nowill and Antonio Grassi. The series, which will have a single season, is coming soon to Netflix.
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About A Fábrica
Since its creation in 2016, A Fábrica, now a division of Banijay Americas (a leading entertainment creator and producer made up of production companies throughout the United States and Latin America), has established itself as a leader in high-quality scripted content in Brazil. Led by partners Luiz Noronha, Renato Fagundes, Cecilia Grosso, Samanta Moraes and Alberto Elias, the company has produced many of the country's best scripted series and films for TV, cinema and streaming platforms. Its titles include Minha Vida em Marte; Airplane Mode; Double Dad; Lulli; Barba, Cabelo & Bigode; Galera FC; #NoFilter; Wedding Games; the documentary Son of a Mother; and Vai Que Cola, the highest-rated cable TV comedy in Brazil.
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