15, Oct — 2012
Erika Januza: La Belle du Suburb
- Época
“New endeavor by director Luiz Fernando Carvalho, scout of actresses such as Leticia Sabatella and Bruna Linzmeyer, Erika Januza, Minas Gerais, was selected among 2,000 other candidates”
Leia Mais2, Dec — 2012
A Mythological Narrative
- O Globo / Revista da TV
“The main character of the Brazilian Western feature film, Fabrício Boliveira talks about the transformations of Cleiton, his character in Suburbia, and his work with director Luiz Fernando Carvalho (…) On Luiz Fernando’s set, he says, the mood is out of control. In a good way: ‘It seems to be blowing pixie dust and creating a chaotic atmosphere. You act almost out of exhaustion, and that rules out reason. He resets our reasoning and logic.”
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28, Oct — 2012
Black Gems – Learn the stories behind five new faces that will be seen Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s Suburbia
- O Globo / Revista da TV
“This cast will be of great importance and will stand out for its unknown names. What is more, actors are mostly black.”
Leia Mais8, Sep — 2012
Getting Real
- O Globo / Segundo Caderno
“Inspired by photojournalism, with special reference (and a bow) to portraits made by Walter Firmo, Carvalho takes turns as cameraman”
Leia Mais
22, Dec — 2012
Suburbia In Colors
- O Globo
“Photoshoot with actress Erika Januza, created by director Luiz Fernando Carvalho especially for ELA, celebrates the end of the TV series that showed the aesthetics of the suburbs.”
Leia Mais3, Nov — 2012
Suburbia: An Interview with Luiz Fernando Carvalho
- O Estado de S.Paulo
“I’ve always felt that, for better or for worse, Conceição was fitting as a metaphor for the Brazilian people at large”
Leia Mais30, Jul — 2012
Black is Beautiful
- Folha de S.Paulo
“The overproduction, the millimetric care with the acting and the sophisticated aesthetics leave the scene. A quasi-journalistic language, non-professional actors, and an aforethought search for which is real come into play.”
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31, Oct — 2012
Suburbia, a Sitcom Set on the Outskirts of Rio, is Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s New Production
- Zero Hora
“The director’s proposal was to offer a naturalistic feeling to the production, bringing the characters as close as possible to the reality of Rio’s poor neighborhoods, without stereotypes”
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5, Sep — 2012
Suburbia Collection
- Museu da Pessoa
This collection compiles accounts from people who worked in the mini-series Suburbia on Globo TV. Here are reports of overcoming and wisdom, stories lived in the slums, the suburbs, the outskirts, people who could make their dreams come true within the universe of music, art, theater and television.
Leia Mais26, Oct — 2012
Museum of the Person Shows Life Stories of Suburbia’s Actors
- Globo Cidadania
As part of a major effort with the Museum of the Person, which for 20 years has recorded stories of individuals to turn them into sources of knowledge, the cast shot video testimonials, telling a little of their lives. Ana Pérola, who plays the character Jessica in the series, shot her account there, talking about everyday life as a streetsweeper and the exciting experience of participating in a television series.
Leia Mais21, Sep — 2012
Mozart, Funk and Roberto Carlos in the Score of New Series of TV Globo
- O Estado de S.Paulo
“With the music as the main thread, the plot promises a good deal of black music, Brazil funk of the 1990s, Roberto Carlos, samba, jongo and, to top it off, Mozart”
Leia Mais7, Dec — 2012
Suburbia Becomes Comic Strip
- O Globo
“TV Success, ‘Suburbia’ will be adapted in a comic book. It is a special project of the design office Retina 78, by Christiano Menezes and Chico de Assis, who work with Luiz Fernando Carvalho, the program’s director, since ‘A Pedra do Reino.’ They invited Pedro Franz, a graphic artist from Florianópolis, for drawings.”
Leia Mais6, Dec — 2017
Check Out Pages from Globo TV Series-based Comic Book
- Ometele
“In the gallery, you can check out some pages from the beautiful comic book, which shows the ‘black cinderella’ Conceição discovering the suburb of Madureira in the early 1990s.”
Leia Mais30, Nov — 2012
Events Covered Suburbia Series and Co-productions between Brazil and Portugal
- Globo Universidade
“With the purpose of furthering academic debate on the topics covered in the Suburbia series, Globo Universidade held the “Suburbia Seminar: the individual in the construction of social imagery,” on November 6 and 13, at PUC-Rio (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro) and USP (University of São Paulo), respectively. In addition to Paulo Lins, writer of the series, Suburbia actors and professors from various universities attended the event.
4, Jun — 2013
Globo Universidade releases Section that Addresses Suburbs Identity
- Globo Universidade
“Suburbia was a landmark on Brazilian TV because, despite addressing suburban everyday themes, it did so in an innovative way. The whole team was really into it, and rejoiced as in a party,’ said Haroldo Costa.”
Leia Mais16, Oct — 2012
Rio Train is Adorned with Art from Suburbia
- Vox News
“A SuperVia train was tagged with comic book illustrations from the plot and went into circulation this week, which was graced by the cast of the show at the Central Station in Brazil. In the story, which has the general and division direction of Luiz Fernando Carvalho, the characters live in Madureira and use the train as a means of transportation.”
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4, May — 2013
Interview: Pablo Morais, the International Model Rising in Series Suburbia
- Mensch
“It was not a challenge, but a really great pleasure. Carvalho is a genius and generous director. It was a gift for me to debut in this series, especially directed by him.”
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