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EXCLUSIVE: The trailer for Elize: Shadows of a Woman has dropped, nan Netflix Brazil original movie based connected nan ripped-from-the-headlines lawsuit of Elize Matsunaga.
Matsunaga murdered and dismembered her hubby successful nan couple’s São Paulo flat successful 2012. The lawsuit generated immense media attraction and shocked Brazil.
We’re first pinch nan trailer for Elize: Shadows of a Woman and tin besides uncover that nan film, which was announced past year, will premiere connected Netflix connected July 22.
The movie stars Lorena Comparato arsenic Elize Matsunaga. The formed besides includes Henrique Kimura, Miwa Yanagizawa, Julia Shimura and Denise Weinberg.
The Netflix documentary bid Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime chronicled nan lawsuit and is still connected nan streaming platform. The doc was made by Boutique Filmes, which besides produces nan feature.
Inspired by nan real-life case, nan Elize: Shadows of a Woman screenplay was penned by writer and screenwriter Raphael Montes (Good Morning, Verônica) successful collaboration pinch Mariana Torres (Good Morning, Verônica).
“This is not conscionable a movie astir a crime. The purpose was to show a communicative that would besides make group think. We wanted to unfastened up a speech astir unit — what led Elize to perpetrate specified a sadistic act?” said Montes, who is besides an subordinate shaper connected nan film.
“We wanted to show this woman’s duality. It’s a communicative group tin subordinate to successful galore ways, but unluckily pinch nan worst imaginable outcome,” added Torres.
Felipe Vellas, whose credits see Netflix’s Brazilian crime play deed Criminal Code, directs Elize: Shadows of a Woman. It was produced by Gustavo Mello, pinch Renata Artigas, Marcelo Máximo and Adriana Gaspar were executive producers.
