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Netflix Brazil Unveils a ‘Sintonia' Spin-Off, Soccer Shows on Brazil 1970, Ronaldinho and Neymar and a Scripted Series on Brazil's Biggest Ever Radioactive Disaster
Directors Fernando Coimbra ('A Wolf at the Door') and top production houses Gullane ('Senna'), O2 Filmes ('City of God') and Boutique Filmes ('3%') feature among 10 new productions announced Monday by Netflix. The new announcements matter. Netflix does not break out client figures for individual countries. Brazil ranks, however, as its second-biggest market globally with 20.6 million paid subscribers, according to global analyst Omdia estimates. That places it ahead of the U.K. (17.7 million), Germany (17.5 million), and France (14.6 million). More from Variety 'Cocomelon' Acquired by Disney+; Netflix Deal Ends After 60% Viewership Decrease Netflix Reteams with 'Eternaut' Star Ricardo Darín on New Movie as Streamer 'Doubles Down' on Argentina 'Sirens' Creator on the Power of Lilly Pulitzer, Michaela's Bird Obsession and Turning Greek Myth Into New England Nightmare One of Brazil's biggest challenges is to export its biggest swings. Save for a rare exception like 'Senna,' Netflix Brazilian shows are not global plays. Yet some achieve global viewership via Netflix, led in 2024 by 'Desperate Lies,' Burning Betrayal,' 'Senna' (which bowed Nov. 29), 'Bionic' and 'Good Morning, Veronica' according to PlumResearch. Further breakouts this year take in 'A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054,' 'Sintonia,' 'Senna,' 'Burning Betrayal' and 'Stranded with My Mother in Law,' added Jonathan Broughton, at PlumResearch.. The 10 new unveils were made on the eve of Rio de Janeiro mega creativity forum Rio2C, where the U.S. SVOD leader will host a panel on the technological legacy of 'Senna' and another on the power of reality show casting, underscored by its own 'Stranded With My Mother-in-Law' Seasons 1 and 2. O2 Filmes is producing high-tech doc series 'Brazil 70 – A Saga do Tri,' about the key match plays and journeys of Brazilian soccer players – Pele, Jarzinho, Carlos Alberto – during Brazil's probably greatest FIFA World Cup triumph. 'Sintonia,' Netflix's biggest Brazilian franchise whose final Season 5 dropped in February, will receive a movie spin-off continuing Nando's story. Johnny Araújo directs again, Gullane produces once more. Scribe-helmer Coimbra and Gullane ('Noah's Ark,' 'The Second Mother') reunite after 'A Wolf at the Door' and 'Carnival is Over,' on 'Emergencia Radiactiva,' a mini-series inspired by the biggest non-nuclear-plant radioactive accident in history. Further new Netflix Brazil highlights announced Monday include biopics on soccer greats Ronaldinho and Neymar and Boutique Filmes' fiction chronicle of a crime that rocked Brazil, the Elize Matsunaga case. To date in 2025, Netflix has already released island-set reality challenge contest 'Stranded With My Mother in Law' Season 2, and three documentaries: 'Larissa: The Other Side of Anitta,' a take on the person behind the pop supernova persona; 'A Tragedy Foretold, Flight 3054,' about the deadliest aviation accident ever in South America, which ranked No. 4 among Netflix global Top 10 non-English shows over April 21-27, and 'Baila, Vini,' a take on Real Madrid soccer star Vinicius Jr.'s career and his troubled battle against racism. Crime thriller 'Os Donos do Jogo,' a 'Brotherhood' spin-off and 'Stranded With My Mother in Law' Season 3 have all wrapped production. 'Netflix continues to strengthen its investment in Brazil's audiovisual market,' it said Monday. How is that playing out? Six ways in which Netflix is pushing the envelope in Brazil, followed by a brief drill down on the newly announced productions: Expanding Netflix's Horizons In its drive for transformation of Brazil's film-TV scene, Netflix is exploring little frequented genres or shooting firsts for the streaming giant. Among unveils are its first wildlife doc in Brazil and indeed Latin America, 'Marcha das Oncas,' and Netflix's first horror movie, 'Fazenda Colonial,' made by an all female writing-directing team. Continuing to broaden its output. 'We not only aim to offer variety to a diverse audience but to encourage the development of new stories in Brazil,' Netflix Brazil head of films Higia Ikeda said Monday. A Drive into Brazilian Original Reality Shows Also unveiled, Korea-set 'Meu Namorado Coreano' joins other Netflix Brazil original reality shows, one of its fastest-building growth axes, reflecting the growing interest of Brazilian audiences in reality formats, said Elisa Chalfon, Netflix Brazil lead of non-fiction. She called Netflix's backing 'Meu Namorado Coreano'as 'very meaningful,' 'supporting the growth of the market, building specialized teams and expanding Brazilian entertainment's repertoire with originality and cultural strength.' Production Values Pushing authenticity, Netflix and Zola Filmes drafted in Peter Lee Thomas, a trainer for Halle Berry, to choreograph fight scenes on 'Fúria,' another new show, which required intense physical preparation, rehearsals and workshops. Turning on Elize Matsunaga's murder of her husband, real crime fiction suspense drama 'Uma Garota de Classe' features a faithful and detailed recreation of the apartment where the Matsunaga couple lived. Cutting-Edge Technology Marking a major leap in technology, Netflix-O2 Filmes' 'Brazil 70' yokes archival image research to VFX, reconstructing games moves and moments that weren't captured in detail in 1970 due to the limited technology of the time, exploring those in ultra-detailed shots and angles. 'We are making a significant investment in visual effects to recreate the matches and historic plays with the highest level of realism, combining on-location shoots in Brazil and Mexico with meticulous image research and digital finishing,' said Haná Vaisman, Netflix Brazil's scripted series lead. Brazilian Relevance 'Documentaries and reality shows are a direct bridge to the reality of our country and our subscribers — and Brazil has countless stories that have yet to be told,' said Chaflon. Brazilian stories can hike local audience engagement through their emotional proximity, while boosting a sense of authenticity. Netflix's aim, it said in a statement Monday, is 'to play a transformative role in Brazil's audiovisual landscape, offering globally resonant content rooted in local authenticity.' 'Brazilian content performs best when it leans into local identity, music or true stories, builds emotional resonance over spectacle and uses urban realism and cultural specificity to feel universal,' said Broughton. The Move Into Real Life Inspired Action Thrillers That authenticity takes in action thrillers, Brazil's potentially biggest next international calling card. Netflix confirmed Monday completion of filming on series 'Os Donos do Jogo,' co-created and directed by Heitor Dhalia, inspired by Rio's gaming mafia. At January's Next on Netflix, it showed new first look photos of the second season of smash hit series 'Criminal Code,' its most watched Brazilian series of second half 2023 inspired by a 2017 heist and subsequent real-life events. The series was heavily researched, creator Dhalia has said. 'Jogo' is following suit. Of Netflix's 10 new productions announced Monday, seven are inspired by real-life events or figures. Here Are the 10 New Productions Series 'Emergencia Radiactiva,' (Fernando Coimbra, Gullane) Coimbra's sharp human observation wrapped in a thriller format were major merits of 'A Wolf at the Door.' He returns to the same mix in this mini-series, relating the 1987 Goiâna radioactive accident – where scavengers unwittingly sold to neighbors 40 TBq of Caesium-137 found in a hospital radiation-therapy machine. People were curious about its glow. The miniseries frames a race against time, spotlighting the battle between physicists and doctors to save thousands of lives. 'Fúria,' (José Henrique Fonseca, Zola Filmes) Director of Netflix hit 'Bom dia, Verônica,' on Netflix over 2020-24, Fonseca returns with 'Füria,' about an amnesiac MMA fighter battling for a place in the MMA world and the rediscovery of his true identity as he's embroiled in a dangerous web of crime, ambition, and secrets that threaten his life and that of his mentor. 'Brazil 70 – A Saga do Tri,' (Naná Xavier, Rafael Dornelles, 02 Filmes) The 1970 World Cup saw Brazil's greatest team and some of its greatest goals such as Pele's nonchalant pass into space for Carlos Alberto in the final against Italy. Such moments are now rooted in a generation's collective memory, Netflix noted. Produced by O2 Filmes and directed by Pedro and Paolo Morelli, behind Series Mania title 'Raul Seixas: Let Me Sing,' 'Brazil 70 – A Saga do Tri,' recreates such highlights while chronicling the troubled personal journeys of Brazilian players. Reality Shows 'Meu Namorado Coreano,' Five Brazilian women hit a bustling Seoul to find out whether 'their relationships can withstand distance, cultural differences, and a whole new routine,' said Netflix. 'Each new production is an opportunity to innovate, test new storytelling styles, and engage directly with the audience,' commented Netflix's Chalfon. Documentaries A Ronaldinho Bio-Doc Winning near every trophy out – a World Cup, Copa América, Copa Libertadores and 2005 Ballon d'Or – and author of goals of extraordinary technique, imagination and often sheer cheek, the doc-feature will tell Ronaldinho's career story with 'humor and lightness, revealing little-known episodes and never-before-seen interviews,' according to Netflix. It is produced by Floresta ('Shark Tank Brazil,' 'Lady Night,' 'Bugados'), part of Sony Pictures Television International Productions. Untitled Neymar-Santos Doc Another Brazilian soccer doc, catching Neymar as he returns to soccer club Santos, where he first made his name, bidding to regain its former glory, having been relegated in 2023 to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B for the first time in its 111-year history. It will prove no cake walk. Improbable and Ginga Pictures produce. 'Marcha das Oncas,' Described as the journey of three jaguars in Brazil's Pantanal using advanced technology to reveal challenges faced by the species and the vital importance of its conservation. Entirely conceived, created and produced in Brazil, directed by Lawrence Wahba and co-produced by Duo2 and France's Bonne Pioche, behind 'The March of the Penguins,' a 2006 best doc feature Oscar winner. Films 'Uma Garota de Classe,' (Vellas, Boutique Filmes) Elize Matsunaga case, which saw her shoot dead and dismember her husband, heir to the Yoki food empire, already inspired a 2021 Netflix true-crime docuseries. Here it receives a fiction film makeover, billed by Netflix as 'a thriller with melodramatic touches, exploring social class, ambition, and violence in a provocative way.' Directed by Vellas, who helmed Amazon Prime's 'DOM' and two episodes of Netflix's 'Crime Code,' the series is written by acclaimed crime novelist turned screenwriter Raphael Montes whose 'Perfect Days' inspired Anonymous Content Brazil's first scripted project. 'Sintonia' Nando Spin off Launched August 2019, set in São Paulo's outer-radius slums and created by music producer KondZilla, the driving force behind Brazilian urban funk, along with producer-writer Felipe Braga and Guilherme Quintella, 'Sintonia' made waves through its mixture of KondZilla's street cred, a potent mix of Brazilian funk, drug crime and teen ambition and a universal theme of bedrock friendship between by Season 5 incarcerated drug trafficker Nando, law school graduate Rita and music impresario Doni. The movie spin-off continues Nando's story, details to be revealed at a later date. 'Fazenda Colonial,' (Marcela Mariz, Renata di Carmo) A group of friends' take a celebratory trip to an old farm, which ends in a sinister reunion with the past. Kromaki ('Birthright') and Panda Filmes ('Los Terrines') produce, Mariz ('David Mirisch, The Man Behind the Golden Stars') and Di Carmo ('Senhoras') direct. 'The work subverts the genre by incorporating elements of Brazilian social history, a smart and subversive take on social issues such as racism, told through the lens of horror,' Netflix noted Monday. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
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Rio2C, Latin America's Largest Creativity Event, Reaches Record Attendance as Rio de Janeiro Aims to Build as Brazil's Film and TV Capital
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Rio2C, Latin America's largest creativity event, will gather from May 27 to June 1 in its sixth in-person edition, boasting a record attendance of about 52,000 participants and 483 executives from 39 countries. The continuous growth of the event, which this year has 'The Edge of Perfection' as its central theme, is a reflection of the strength of the film and TV and creative industry in Rio, believes Rafael Lazarini, CEO of Rio2C. More from Variety Netflix Brazil Unveils a 'Sintonia' Spin-Off, Soccer Shows on Brazil 1970, Ronaldinho and Neymar and a Scripted Series on Brazil's Biggest Ever Radioactive Disaster Gullane+ Nabs Distribution Rights to Cannes Classic Doc 'Para Vigo Me Voy' About Legendary Brazilian Filmmaker Cacá Diegues BrLab Unveils New Dates, Co-Pro Forum and Regional Spread Ahead of 15th Anniversary Edition (EXCLUSIVE) The city is the headquarters of South America's largest broadcaster and telenovela producer, Grupo Globo, and traditionally the country's main center of indie film production – the birthplace of the 1960s and 1970s Cinema Novo movement of auteurs such as Glauber Rocha, Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Caca Diegues. Tradition, the concentration of talents and the city's attractions, combined with government policies, paved the way for the building of a strong production sector in Rio. According to a study of Rio's City Hall, the features produced by Rio's companies accounted for 70% of the B.O. and 71% of the ticket sales in Brazil in the 1995 to 2024 period. Last year, according to the study, the share of Rio-produced pics rose to 90% of the total Brazil's B.O. and 88% of the total ticket sales, a trend that continued this year. The strong theatrical performance of two pics contributed for the recent rise of Rio's B.O. and attendance share: Walter Salles' 'I'm Still Here,' this year's Best International Feature Film Oscar winner, was released in Brazil Nov. 7, 2024, and 'O Auto da Compadecida 2,' helmed by Guel Arraes and Flavia Lacerda, opened Dec. 25, 2024. 'We can draw a parallel with the U.S., where New York City is the big business and financial center, while L.A. is the world's capital of film and TV. In Brazil, Sao Paulo is the economic center and Rio concentrates the bulk of the creative industry. Rio is Brazil's L.A., the main center of film and TV production in our country,' Lazarini told Variety. The Mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, is expected to attend Rio2C 2025 to announce a package of incentives to Rio companies totalling 131 million reais ($23 million), of which the federal government will account for 100 million reais ($17.5 million) and City Hall with 31 million reais ($5.4 million). The coin will fund the production of pics and series, exhibitors, fests and training programs. Mayor Paes told Variety that City Hall will also announce in Rio2C a Film Friendly Seal, which Rio's film agency RioFilme and the Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau will grant to reliable businesses in town that supply services and goods to international film and TV production. City authorities are convinced the natural beauties of Rio, its lively culture and people's diversity make it an attractive location not only for Brazilian productions, but also for the ones of foreign companies. Paes stressed to Variety that his administration created in 2022 a cash rebate to foreign producers lensing in Rio. The City reimburses international producers' of up to 35% of eligible expenses, according to the expected positive impact of the production on Rio's economy and image. In parallel, RioFilme streamlined Rio's Film Commission which facilitates the production of films, series, TV shows – including telenovelas of TV Globo and TV Record – and ad commercials, helping producers to dodge bureaucracy and other obstacles. Rio's Film Commission authorized a total of 8,782 lensing days in Rio in 2024, up from 7,885 in 2023 and 7,498 in 2022, according to RioFilme. 'We are one of the most filmed cities in the world. In 2023, we passed Paris and Mexico City in terms of total shooting days. In 2024, we had 505 productions here, of which 27 were foreign,' Paes told Variety. 'Rio's film and TV industry grossed 4.2 billion reais ($736 million) in 2023, up 68% in relation to 2019.' Warner's 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,' produced by Legendary Pictures, and Universal's 'Fast X,' from the 'Fast & Furious' franchise, head the list of international productions lensed in Rio in recent years. An obstacle for the expansion of the production sector in Rio, said Leonardo Edde, president director of RioFilme, was the lack of modern studios. TV Globo and TV Record have top-notch studios in Rio, but they are dedicated to the in-house production of the broadcasters' telenovelas and other shows. Indie producers had to resort to Polo Rio Cine Video, a complex of seven studios built by City Hall by 1988, or to small studios spread around town or to go to São Paulo. Polo Rio was an important project, but it did not receive enough investment, public or private, for many years, and the studios were outdated. 'Due to the lack of legal certainty, private companies were not willing to invest in Polo Rio. Renting contracts were standard ones, and allowed the City to evict companies renting studios within 30 days of notice,' Edde told Variety. 'So Mayor Paes, as soon as he took office in 2021, put together a public bid to select a company to manage Polo Rio for 30 years.' Sao Paulo-based studio and post-production group Quanta won the bid to the 30-year concession, which can be renewed for an additional 30 years. Marcelo Pedrazzi, a Quanta partner, told Variety they took over the administration of Polo Rio in July 2022 and have already invested in it about half of the 92 million reais (US$ 16 million) established in their concession agreement. The first step was to construct a new state-or-art studio to house at the end of 2023 the production of Amazon Prime Time's 'O Auto da Compadecida 2,' made by Rio's Conspiracao and H2O. The pic's setting of Brazil's Northeast drylands was recreated in the studio, which hosted 98% of the lensing, said Pedrazzi. Quanta has already constructed two other studios and renovated two old ones. It plans to have a total of 15 fully operational studios in Polo Rio by March 2026, he said. 'As Kevin Costner said in 'Field of Dreams', 'If you build it, he will come,' 'he' meaning the producers,' Pedrazzi told Variety. 'Sao Paulo leads in terms of advertising production. But, when it comes to entertainment, films and series, Rio is the largest market. Everybody wants to shoot in Rio.' Rio's plans for the creative industry are ambitious. The Mayor has submitted to Rio's City Council a proposal for the creation of a Creative District in Barra, not far from Cidade das Artes, where Rio2C takes place. Inspired by the Creative District in Madrid, the one in Rio will englobe a huge area that encompasses Globo's Burbank-like production complex, TV Record's studios, Polo Rio and other smaller studios, including the ones in the city's main convention center, Riocentro. At the District's center, in a large area that hosted the bulk of the Rio's 2016 Summer Olympics' events, the idea is to build a theme park, a resort, the Olympics Museum, a tower with offices, an ice skating rink, a theater and an area to host the Rock in Rio music fest editions every two years. As in Polo Rio, City Hall will select a private company to manage the complex for 30 years, the mayor said. 'Rio has a lot to profit from this project. The complex will generate 143,000 direct and indirect jobs in the 30 years of concession,' Paes told Variety. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
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O2 Filmes to Produce a Biopic of Samba Star Elza Soares: ‘If She Were American, She Would be Compared to Ella Fitzgerald'(EXCLUSIVE)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Helmer Fernando Meirelles' O2 Filmes will produce a biopic of star Elza Soares, considered one of the greatest samba singers ever and a symbol of the struggle against racism and women discrimination in Brazil. Patricia Andrade ('Two Sons of Francisco') and Viviane Pistache are writing the screenplay, which is scheduled to go into production in the second half of 2026, said O2 Filmes partner and producer Andrea Barata Ribeiro, who founded the company with Meirelles and Paulo Morelli. More from Variety Rio2C, Latin America's Largest Creativity Event, Reaches Record Attendance as Rio de Janeiro Aims to Build as Brazil's Film and TV Capital Netflix Brazil Unveils a 'Sintonia' Spin-Off, Soccer Shows on Brazil 1970, Ronaldinho and Neymar and a Scripted Series on Brazil's Biggest Ever Radioactive Disaster Gullane+ Nabs Distribution Rights to Cannes Classic Doc 'Para Vigo Me Voy' About Legendary Brazilian Filmmaker Cacá Diegues Thais Araujo ('Aruanas'), a top film and telenovela star in Brazil, will play the leading role of Elza, Barata Ribeiro added. The life of Soares, who died at the age of 91 in 2022, is both tragic and glorious. She suffered from hunger in her childhood in a Rio slum and was abused by her first husband as a teenager. In 1953, when she was a widow struggling to feed her kids, she took part in a radio singing competition hosted by Ary Barroso, the most renowned of Brazilian composers at the time. Elza was so poorly dressed that Barroso jokingly asked 'Which planet you came from?', to which she immediately replied: 'From Planet Hunger.' But after hearing Elza singing a samba song with her powerful voice, Barroso proclaimed on air 'a star is born'. In 2019, then a big star, Elza launched her 34th album entitled 'Planet Hunger' and toured with a copy of the dress she wore in the radio contest. In spite of her astonishing talent, Elza endured up-and-downs in her career. Part of the society and media just could not accept the rise of a Black woman with a poor background to stardom. A drawback was when she got involved with legendary soccer player Garrincha in the 1960s. Instead of praising the marriage of two of the country's finest talents, the media blamed her for ruining Garrincha's previous marriage and for his decline as a player. Elza moved to Italy, but later resumed her career in Brazil, and consolidated herself as one of the country's top artists. 'Elza Soares was a phoenix. From extreme poverty to stardom, and then oblivion, the death of her sons, broken marriages, this Black woman with unparalleled talent survived and lived in a world that did not open doors to her easily. Her biography carried an enormous amount of drama and resilience,' said Barata Ribeiro. 'If she were American, she would be compared to Ella Fitzgerald.' O2 Filmes execs pack out panels at Rio2C. CEO Paulo Barcellos talks on a round table, IA and Creating Content – From Concept to Production on May 29; Igor Kuptas, director of sales-distribution company O2 Play, will receive Audiovisual and Games Startup Pitches, also on May 29; O2 Filmes head of development Gustavo Gontijo is a speaker on the round table Defying Limits: the Art of Innovation Without Losing an Essence, unspooling May 30. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
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09-05-2025
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#SHOWBIZ: Child star Millena Brandao dies at 11
SAO PAULO: Child actress and model Millena Brandao who appeared in the Netflix series Sintonia — has died at age 11. People magazine reported yesterday that she died of an undisclosed illness last Friday. The child star's mother Thays told Brazilian news outlet G1 that since April 24, her daughter started experiencing severe headaches, leg pain, drowsiness and a loss of appetite. Millena was taken to see a doctor but did not receive a proper diagnosis. Thays explained that Millena's pain worsened so much that she could not walk. They returned to the hospital on April 26, but she was ultimately sent home again to rest. A few days later Millena was again admitted to the hospital and suffered cardiac arrest. Thays said that a CT scan revealed a 5-centimetre mass in her brain. However, there was no neurologist on site to confirm whether the mass was a tumour or clot. "She got worse, with two to three cardiac arrests per day. She had 13 arrests in total. She had never had that before," her mother recalled. Doctors ultimately declared Millena brain dead. On May 3, Thays announced Millena's death in an emotional Instagram post. "On May 2 we lost our little girl, but I'm sure she's in the arms of our almighty father and in a beautiful place to play. The memories we spent together will remain in my memory and I'll never forget your joy that was contagious to everyone around you. "My girl, I'm already missing you more and more not having you here and I know I'll miss you even more in the days to come. "You were the light in our lives and I know that from up there you'll continue to watch over us and light up our lives."
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08-05-2025
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Child star Millena Brandao dies at 11 due to 13 cardiac arrests
Millena Brandao died on Friday, May 2 after falling ill. However, her cause of death remains unknown, according to her parents Thays and Luiz Brandao. Photo: Millena Brandao/Instagram Millena Brandao, a child actress and model who appeared in the Netflix series Sintonia , died at age 11 on Friday. The preteen died on Friday, May 2 after falling ill. However, her cause of death remains unknown, according to her parents Thays and Luiz Brandao. Millena's mother, Thays, told Brazilian news outlet G1, per People , that her daughter started experiencing severe headaches, leg pain, drowsiness and a loss of appetite on April 24. 'She had a headache, but she could walk and talk,' Thays said. 'The doctor said it was dengue fever, but he didn't do any tests. He told us to take her back home and give her dipyrone.' Thays said Millena's pain got worse and she couldn't work. They returned to the hospital only to be sent away again. Millena fainted in her bathroom. 'She put her hand on her head and screamed in pain,' Thays recalled. Finally, she was admitted to the hospital where she suffered cardiac arrest. 'Her lip turned purple. Then they resuscitated her and intubated her. From that day on, she never woke up again,' her mother told G1. A CT scan revealed a 5cm mass in her brain. 'She got worse, with two to three cardiac arrests per day. She had 13 arrests in total. She had never had that before. There was one day when she had seven respiratory arrests. Sometimes they gave her massages and other times they gave her shocks (with a defibrillator),' her mother recalled. Doctors ultimately declared Millena brain dead. – Advance Local Media/Tribune News Service
