Netflix Brazil Drops 'Elize: Shadows Of A Woman' Trailer — SkimNews
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- Netflix Brazil will premiere the feature film "Elize: Shadows of a Woman" on July 22, based on the real-life 2012 case in which Elize Matsunaga murdered and dismembered her husband in their São Paulo apartment.
- Lorena Comparato stars as Matsunaga, joined by Henrique Kimura, Miwa Yanagizawa, Julia Shimura, and Denise Weinberg.
- Felipe Vellas — whose credits include Netflix's Brazilian crime hit "Criminal Code" — directs the film, produced by Boutique Filmes, the same company behind the still-streaming Netflix documentary "Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime."
- Screenwriters Raphael Montes and Mariana Torres, both veterans of Netflix's "Good Morning, Verônica," said the goal was to "open up a conversation about violence — what led Elize to commit such a brutal act" and show "this woman's duality."
- The film was produced by Gustavo Mello, with Renata Artigas, Marcelo Máximo, and Adriana Gaspar as executive producers, and was first announced last year.
Why it matters: Netflix Brazil is stacking two adaptations of the same notorious 2012 Matsunaga case — this feature alongside the already-streaming documentary "Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime" — and leaning on proven creative relationships (director Felipe Vellas from "Criminal Code," writers Montes and Torres from "Good Morning, Verônica") to drive a July 22 premiere aimed squarely at the Brazilian true-crime audience.
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