‘Elize: Shadows Of A Woman’ Trailer: Netflix Brazil Feature Based On Case Explored In ‘Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime’
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- Netflix Brazil released the trailer for Elize: Shadows Of A Woman, a feature film premiering on the platform July 22.
- The film dramatizes the real-life case of Elize Matsunaga, who murdered and dismembered her husband in their São Paulo apartment in 2012, a case that generated huge media attention in Brazil.
- Lorena Comparato stars as Elize, with Henrique Kimura, Miwa Yanagizawa, Julia Shimura, and Denise Weinberg rounding out the cast.
- Raphael Montes and Mariana Torres — both writers on Netflix Brazil hit Good Morning, Verônica — penned the screenplay; Montes, also an associate producer, said the goal was to 'open up a conversation about violence' behind the crime.
- Felipe Vellas, whose credits include Netflix's Brazilian crime drama hit Criminal Code, directs the film.
- Boutique Filmes produces the feature and also made the Netflix documentary series Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime, which previously chronicled the same case and remains on the platform.
Why it matters: Netflix is converting its own true-crime documentary IP — Boutique Filmes' series *Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime* — into a scripted feature, bringing back the creative teams behind two of its biggest Brazilian hits (*Good Morning, Verônica* writer Montes and *Criminal Code* director Vellas) for a high-profile July launch.
