Me Chama de Bruna | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Bruna Surfistinha |
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Opening theme | "Dei Um Beijo Na Boca Do Medo" (Férias em Videotape) |
Composer | Simone Mazzer |
Country of origin | Brazil |
Original language | Portuguese |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 32 (list of episodes) |
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Production location | São Paulo |
Cinematography | Julio Costantini |
Running time | 45 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Fox Premium |
Release | October 8, 2016 – January 31, 2020 |
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Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl |
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]
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]
Each episode lasts approximately 45 minutes. The television series consists of four seasons:
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