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Latin American shows are known for their over-the-top dramatic acting and dialogue. The shows are branded telenovelas for the same reason, and several Ott platforms have taken up this style of filmmaking and developed content following this trope. There are only a few shows that genuinely want to put forward human stories and allow the audience to be sucked into the world of gangsters and drug mafias. One of them has to be the famous Narcos series developed by Netflix.

Dom, created by Breno Silveira, was based on the novel by Tony Bellato and was a two-season-long saga based on the real-life characters ‘Pedro Dom’ and ‘Victor Lomba.’ The makers of the show merged the stories of the two figures and presented a hauntingly gripping story of crime and corruption, but at heart, it was a sad story of a deteriorating relationship between a father and his son. Victor Dantas,...

Prime Video and Conspiração Filmes, one of Brazil’s biggest production houses, have dropped the trailer for Season 2 of their award-winning original Brazilian series “Dom,” which follows Pedro Dom, a notorious gangster and his father Victor’s efforts to save his son from himself.

The series, which debuted in 2021, is the creation of late director Breno Silveira (“Two Sons of Francisco”) who directed the second season prior to his death. Season 3, which has commenced filming, will be directed by Adrian Teijido and Vellas (“Shout”), and will serve as a wild finale to a story of crime, violence and family.

The second season, which will launch in more than 240 territories and countries on March 17, sees Flávio Tolezani and Gabriel Leone return as the fated father-son duo of Victor Dantas and Pedro Dom, as they take their push-pull chemistry to new heights when Pedro makes a name for himself as a “bandito gato,...

Some gangster movies/shows never tend to leave your mind. After all, they leave behind a lasting impressing by weaving an intricate and violent tale of power and vengeance through iconic dialogues or a particular shot from that film/show. At times, these movies/shows portray real-life mafia stories in a romantic, yet realistic, manner. If you’re in the mood for the same, here are 5 gangster dramas that are so good to be true and will surely keep your adrenaline pumping.

Dom (Amazon Prime Video)

Dom is a Brazilian crime-mafia series which is inspired by a true story. Directed by Vincente Kubrusly and Breno Silveira and starring Gabriel Leone, Flavio Tolezani, Filipe Braganca, this series is about a police officer who is has been fighting the war against drugs his entire life only to finds his own son become the most drug lord in Rio de Janeiro. Dom, that...

The best way to learn and pick up a language is by watching a film or web series with subtitles. And with you having ample time at home to binge-watch content at its very best, why not tap the play button and experience some of the best shows made in foreign languages. If you’re wondering which are the best ones to stream, here are five of the very best.

Open your mind to world cinema with these must-watch foreign shows.

Dom (Amazon Prime Video)

Dom is a Brazilian crime-mafia series which is inspired by a true story. Directed by Vincente Kubrusly and Breno Silveira and starring Gabriel Leone, Flavio Tolezani, Filipe Braganca, this series is about a police officer who is has been fighting the war against drugs his entire life only to finds his own son become the most drug lord in Rio de Janeiro. So, if you...

Amazon Prime Video India today released the official trailer and key art for the upcoming Brazilian Amazon Original series 'Dom', a crime drama inspired by the true story of a father and son on opposite sides of the war on drugs in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian Amazon Original Series will stream in its original Portuguese language and will be dubbed in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu for Indian audiences.

An indication of the growing popularity of localized international content in India, the dubbed versions of 'Dom' will join the Amazon Prime Video India content library alongside several other localized international titles such as Amazon Original Series The Boys, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and internationally acclaimed movies such as Tenet, Parasite and Wonder Woman 1984 among others.

Dom follows Victor, a young diver who, by a twist of fate, becomes a military intelligence agent and...

Starz announced that Romola Garai, Jessica Raine, Tom Cullen and Bella Ramsey are joining the cast of “Becoming Elizabeth.”

The eight-episode series, centered on the early life of Queen Elizabeth, also features the previously announced Alicia von Rittburg as Elizabeth, starring alongside Oliver Zetterström, John Heffernan, Jamie Parker, Jamie Blackley, Jacob Avery, Alexandra Gilbreath, Leo Bill, Ekow Quartey, Alex Macqueen and Olivier Huband.

“Becoming Elizabeth” is created and written by Anya Reiss, who executive produces with George Ormond and George Faber, with Lisa Osborne producing. The series is produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television and The Forge.

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Netflix announced that “Lupin Part 2” will premiere on June 11. The series’ five-episode second installment follows Assane in search of a new plan after his quest for revenge against Hubert Pelligrini tears his family apart. Omar Sy stars alongside Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier,...

Promotional body will host networking opportunities throughout the market.

Cinema do Brasil returns to Cannes with a screening of co-production El Ardor [pictured] and five sessions dedicated to promoting Brazilian productions to the market.

The promotional body represents 32 associate companies and will host networking opportunities for filmmakers throughout the Cannes market.

Cinema do Brasil is supporting El Ardor, a co-production involving associate Bananeira Filmes, via its Sales Agent Support scheme.

The five productions from associate companies receiving market support are: The Boy and the World by Alê Abreu (Elo Company); Desert World of Black Souls by Ruy Veridiano (Heavybunker); Gonzaga by Breno Silveira (Jangada Filmes); RioCorrente by Paulo Sacramento (One Eyed Films sales agent); and Memories of the Desert by Jorge Durán (Bogeydon Licensing sales agent).

Other Brazilian films on offer at the market include The Way He Looks via Films Boutique, Praia do Futuro through The Match Factory and Rio, I Love You...

Join the Museum of Modern Art and the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival as the two collaborate to present "Premiere Brazil!" through July 24. In its 10th year, the festival introduces American audiences to the work of Brazilian filmmakers. The program will feature old faces, including directors Selton Mello ("Merry Christmas") and Breno Silveira ("Two Sons of Francisco") and new faces such as Kiko Goifman ("Look at Me Again") and Vinicius Coimbra ("Matraga"). MoMA, 11 W. 53rd St., Manhattan. $8-$12. www.moma.org.

Maya Entertainment has acquired U.S. theatrical rights to Breno Silveira's "Once Upon a Time in Rio," a class-conscious love story starring Thiaggo Martins as a hot dog vendor and Vitoria Frate as the wealthy girl with whom he falls in love.

A Vereda Filmes, Conspiracao Filmes & Globo Filmes co-production, the film was written by Patricia Andrade and produced by Pedro Buarque de Hollanda and Luciane Sommer and written by Patricia Andrade.

Jose Martinez and Alex Raminfar negotiated the deal for Maya, which plans to release the film this summer.

Dona Flor has got nothing on Darlene Linhares. Dona may have had two husbands, but one was a ghost. Darlene not only has three, but they're all very much alive and abiding -- more or less peacefully -- in the same house in the backwaters of Brazil.

"Me You Them" once again underscores how mutually beneficial are the production deals Columbia is striking within the Brazilian film industry. As with "Central Station", Sony Pictures Classics might have a specialty venue success story on its hands here if the distributor is willing to make a similar marketing push. For "Me You Them" is just offbeat and exotic enough to represent a refreshing take on human relationships for U.S. audiences.

Start with the fact this is no fluffy sex comedy with three handsome beaus and one knockout woman. While the cast features big names in Brazilian entertainment, only one, Luiz Vasconcelos, can be considered young and handsome. Nor is Regina Case, who plays Darlene, going to be accused of being glamorous.

But she does possess enough earth-mother sensuality to lend credibility to her harem in reverse. Her dazzling smile and surprising physical grace make Darlene into a primal force in the lives of these three men.

And while the film is often funny, its 30-year-old director, Andrucha Waddington, wisely doesn't go looking for laughs. Life is tough in these hardscrabble backlands, so he respects the characters and their environment enough to give viewers a realistic portrait of a precarious existence.

He and writer Elena Soarez reveal their story in a manner more dramatic than comic. Consequently, the viewer is never quite certain how the tension will play out. One almost feels that with a slightly different temperament in even one of the characters, the story would plunge down a completely different path -- perhaps even a tragic one.

Cinematographer Breno Silveira gives the rugged Bahia countryside a forbidding beauty. And Gilberto Gil, a leading figure in Brazilian pop music from the 1960s, supplies a highly likable score.

Me You Them (Eu Tu Eles)

Sony Pictures Classics

Conspiracao Filmes/Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil

Director: Andrucha Waddington

Producer: Leonardo B. de Hollanda, Andrucha Waddington,

Favio R. Tambelinni

Screenwriter: Elena Soarez

Director of photography: Breno Silveira

Production designer: Toni Vanzolini

Editor: Vincente Kubrusly

Costume designer: Claudia Kopke

Music: Gilberto Gil

CAST:

Darlene: Regina Case

Osias: Lima Duarte

Zezinho: Stenio Garcia

Ciro: Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Raquel: Nilda Spencer

Running time -- 107 minutes...