Me Chama de Bruna (transl. Call me Bruna) is a Brazilian drama television series loosely based on the real story of Bruna Surfistinha (pen name of Raquel Pacheco), a former sex worker who attracted the attention of Brazilian media by publishing, in a blog, her sexual experiences with clients.[1] The series premiered on Fox Premium on October 8, 2016.[2]
Premise
Before becoming the most famous prostitute in Brazil, Raquel was just a middle-class 17-year-old teen girl with a dream of freedom; but as she leaves her parents house and adopting the pen name of Bruna Surfistinha, she will go through a dangerous underworld of sex, drugs and violence: the pains of growth will create deep marks in her personality.[3]
Cast
- Maria Bopp as Raquel / Bruna
- Carla Rivas as Stella
- Suzana Kruger as Nancy
- Jonathan Haagensen as Zé Ricardo
- Stella Rabello as Georgette
- Luciana Paes as Mónica
- Nash Laila as Jessica
- Maitê Proença as Miranda
- Debora Ozório as Alice
Episodes
Each episode lasts approximately 45 minutes. The television series consists of four seasons:
- Season 1 (8 episodes) – from October 9, 2016, to November 27, 2016
- Season 2 (8 episodes) – from October 22, 2017, to December 10, 2017
- Season 3 (8 episodes) – from December 7, 2018, to January 25, 2019
- Season 4 (8 episodes) – from December 13, 2019, to January 31, 2020
References
- ^ “Llamame Bruna, la serie sobre una adolescente que escandalizó a Brasil”. La Nación (in Spanish). December 11, 2018. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ^ “Me Chama de Bruna humaniza e faz retrato sombrio de Bruna Surfistinha”. observatoriodocinema (in Portuguese). December 7, 2018.
- ^ “Fox Latin America, a Party of Originals”. ttvnews. December 11, 2018. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2018.