‘The Secret Agent’ Breakout Tânia Maria Joins Leonardo Lacca’s ‘Sábado Morto’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Leonardo Lacca's third feature is currently shooting in the Brazilian Northeast and is produced by Oscar-nominated 'The Secret Agent' producer Emilie Lesclaux

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“The Secret Agent” breakout Tânia Maria has joined Leonardo Lacca’s “Sábado Morto” (“Dead Saturday,” in literal translation). Produced by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Emilie Lesclaux’s banner Cinemascópio, the film stars Jesuíta Barbosa (“Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso”) and is currently being filmed between Recife and the Pernambuco countryside in Brazil. 

“Sábado Morto” centres around a medical resident in Recife who is forced by an unexpected event to return to his hometown in the backlands of Pernambuco after years away. There, he reunited with his mother, Terezinha, who is determined to find answers to the mysteries of recent events. Amid memories and unease, secrets begin to emerge. The story will be shot across five weeks between the capital of Recife and the Arcoverde region, in the countryside of Pernambuco. The cast also includes Malu Falangola, Múcia Teixeira, and Matteus Cardoso.

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