''The Chosen One'' ( pt, O Escolhido)

Premise

The Chosen One follows three young doctors who travel to a village in the Pantanal to vaccinate the residents against a new mutation of the Zika virus . They end up trapped in this community full of secrets and whose residents are devoted to a mysterious leader, who has the gift of healing illnesses in a supernatural way.

Cast and characters

* Shahar Isaac as Simon * Renan Tenca as "The Chosen One" * Pedro Caetano as Pharisee Pedro * Gutto Szuster as Young Shepherd Vergani * Mariano Mattos as Young Shepherd Mateus *

Alli Willow Alli Willow is a French-Brazilian actress. Much of Willow's work is in Brazilian film and television. Her film credits include ''Bacurau'' and ''Three Summers''. Her television credits include '' The Chosen One'', ''Girls from Ipanema'' and ''Dear ...

as Mary * Tuna Dwek as Zulmiro * Kiko Vianello as Dr. Lorenzo Emanuel * Francisco Gaspar as Pharisee Silvino * Aury Porto as Pharisee Vicente * Lourinelson Vladmir as Rabbi

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2 (2019)

Production

Development

The series was officially announced on July 20, 2018.

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revealed that the production would be inspired by the Mexican series ''Ninõ Santo'', created by

Pedro Peirano Pedro Pablo Peirano Olate (born December 25, 1972) is a Chilean director, screenwriter, journalist, cartoonist and television producer. He wrote the film '' No'' (script developed from a theatrical monologue written by Antonio Skármeta), which w ...

and Mauricio Katz and based on the original idea of Pablo Cruz. The Brazilian version was adapted by the couple of writers

Raphael Draccon Raphael Draccon (born Raphael Albuquerque Pereira, June 15, 1981) is a Brazilian fantasy and fiction writer and screenwriter awarded by the American Screenwriters Association. He is considered one of the most influential and bestselling ficti ...

and Carolina Munhóz.

Filming

Principal production of the first season commenced on September 22, 2018 in Brazil in the city of

Porto Nacional Porto Nacional is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Tocantins. The population was 53,316 (2020) in an area of , including both rural and urban areas. Location It is located approximately in the center of the state at a distance of 60 k ...

Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...

. On October 9, 2018 the production moved to Natividade, with some scenes planned to be shot in some of the city's main touristic sites.

Release

On 17 May 2019, the teaser trailer for the series was released.

References

External links

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