Santos Dumont (miniseries)

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Santos Dumont
Genre Biographical drama
Written byPedro Motta Gueiros
Gabriel Mariani Flaksman
Directed byFernando Acquarone
Estevão Ciavatta
Country of originBrazil
Original languagesPortuguese
French
Spanish
English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 [1]
Production
ProducerSusana Campos
Production location Rio de Janeiro
CinematographyDudu Miranda
Running time60 minutes [1]
Production companies HBO Brazil
Pindorama Filmes
Original release
Network HBO
ReleaseNovember 10 (2019-11-10) –
December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)

Santos Dumont is a Brazilian mini-series produced by HBO Brazil that dramatizes the life of inventor Alberto Santos Dumont.

Contents

Synopsis

The miniseries deals with the inventor's childhood in Brazil, parallel to his mature period in France, where he was involved in the evolution of lighter- and heavier-than-air aircraft. [2]

Production

The pre-production took four years, where scriptwriters Pedro Mota Gueiros and Gabriel Mariani Flaksman did extensive research among the various biographies and texts written by or about the aviator. [3] [4]

Actor João Pedro Zappa did five months of intensive French lessons to participate in the production, [5] even stayed two weeks in Cannes to train the language, Belgian actor Thierry Tremouroux helped him in the language and considered him to be the most complex character he has ever faced. [2]

Entrepreneur Alan Calassa lent his replicas of 14-bis and Demoiselle for production. [4] The technical drawings were recreated by the team that opted for the most practical effects. [4] The production filmed scenes outside the National Museum before the fire. [6]

Cast

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1TBA"Le Petit Santos"Fernando Acquarone
Estevão Ciavatta		Pedro Motta GueirosNovember 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)TBAN/A
The origins of Santos Dumont's dreams during his childhood in Brazil and his first experiences in France with the balloon Brazil and the No. 1. [7]
2TBA"O Prêmio Deutsch"Fernando Acquarone
Estevão Ciavatta		Gabriel Mariani FlaksmanNovember 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)TBAN/A
The beginning of the Deutsch Prize in the year 1901. Flights, accidents, controversies and the relationship of Santos Dumont with Aida de Acosta and the cartoonist Sem. This episode also has the representation of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil. [8]
3TBA"Por Ares Nunca Dantes Navegados"Fernando Acquarone
Estevão Ciavatta		Pedro Motta GueirosNovember 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)TBAN/A

Controversy in St. Louis after intrigue with the Paris Aeroclub. Return to Europe and the flight of Aida de Acosta at the Nº9. [9]

The title means " Through heavens hereto unsailed ", a play with the words " Thro' seas where sail was never spread before ", from the work The Lusiads, by Luís de Camões.
4TBA"Mais Pesado que o Ar"Fernando Acquarone
Estevão Ciavatta		Gabriel Mariani FlaksmanDecember 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)TBAN/A
The death of engineer and balloonist Henri Lachambre marks the end of an era in the life of Santos Dumont, who then began to compete for the creation of the heavier than air in the form of the 14-bis, within the context of the Archdeacon Prize, having rivals people like Louis Blériot and allies like Gabriel Voisin. [10]
5TBA"O Vôo da Libélula"Fernando Acquarone
Estevão Ciavatta		Pedro Motta Gueiros
Gabriel Mariani Flaksman		December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)TBAN/A
Flights within the Archdeacon Prize and the Grand Prix d'Aviation. The successes of the 14-bis, Blériot, Farman, the creation of the Demoiselle, the arrival of the Wright brothers in Europe and the end of the air career of Santos Dumont. [11]
6TBA"Ícaro"Fernando Acquarone
Estevão Ciavatta		Pedro Motta GueirosDecember 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)TBAN/A

The World War I began to charge its price in Santos Dumont, to the point of being arrested for a misunderstanding of the police during the development of the paradoxical cannon. Back in Brazil, with the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, he does not accept retirement, he builds The Enchanted, where he invents the Martian converter that is tested by Yolanda Penteado.

The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 began to take its toll, where Dumont believes he is responsible for preventing conflict between brothers. This continued until his final act. [12]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "HBO: Série mostra fatos da vida de Santos Dumont ainda desconhecidos do público" [HBO: Series shows facts of the life of Santos Dumont still unknown to the public]. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Santos Dumont tem trajetória contada em série da HBO Max" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  3. ↑ "Santos Dumont vira super produção na HBO e estreia dia 10 de novembro" [Santos Dumont becomes super production at HBO and debuts on November 10th]. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Série da HBO sobre Santos Dumont estreia neste domingo" [HBO series about Santos Dumont debuts this Sunday]. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ "'Santos Dumont' na HBO: do gênio incompreendido aos rumores gays" [Santos Dumont' on HBO: from misunderstood genius to gay rumors]. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Nova série da HBO teve cenas gravadas recentemente em Museu Incendiado no RJ" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  7. ↑ Acquarone, Fernando; Ciavatta, Estevão (2019-11-10). "Le Petit Santos". Santos Dumont. Episode 1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). HBO.
  8. ↑ Acquarone, Fernando; Ciavatta, Estevão (2019-11-17). "O Prêmio Deutsch". Santos Dumont. Episode 2 (in Brazilian Portuguese). HBO.
  9. ↑ Acquarone, Fernando; Ciavatta, Estevão (2019-11-24). "Por Ares Nunca Dantes Navegados". Santos Dumont. Episode 3 (in Brazilian Portuguese). HBO.
  10. ↑ Acquarone, Fernando; Ciavatta, Estevão (2019-12-01). "Mais Pesado que o Ar". Santos Dumont. Episode 4 (in Brazilian Portuguese). HBO.
  11. ↑ Acquarone, Fernando; Ciavatta, Estevão (2019-12-08). "O Vôo da Libélula". Santos Dumont. Episode 5 (in Brazilian Portuguese). HBO.
  12. ↑ Acquarone, Fernando; Ciavatta, Estevão (2019-12-15). "Ícaro". Santos Dumont. Episode 6 (in Brazilian Portuguese). HBO.
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