Brazil Bets on High-Production Value True Crime With Prime Video’s Buzzy ‘Tremembé’ About Infamous ‘Prison of Celebrities’

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – One of the most eagerly anticipated series of recent years in Brazil, Prime Video’s “Tremembé” had a buzzy world premiere at a packed screening at the Rio Film Festival on a rainy Wednesday night. The five-episode series, which will drop globally on the major streaming platform on Oct. 31, trails life in the infamous titular prison, which houses some of Brazil’s most well-known criminals. It continues a major international push for the South American country, which took three series to this year’s Berlinale Series and is landing heavily at this year’s Mipcom.

Last year,…