Santos Dumont (miniseries)

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

Santos Dumont
Genre	Biographical drama
Created by	HBO Latin America Pindorama Filmes[1]
Written by	Pedro Motta Gueiros Gabriel Mariani Flaksman
Directed by	Fernando Acquarone Estevão Ciavatta
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language(s)	Portuguese French Spanish English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6[2]
Production
Producer(s)	Susana Campos
Production location(s)	Brazil
Cinematography	Dudu Miranda
Running time	60 minutes[2]
Release
Original network	HBO
First shown in	Brazil
Original release	November 10 (2019-11-10) – December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)

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.[1][3]

Actor João Pedro Zappa did five months of intensive French lessons to participate in the production.[4]

Entrepreneur Alan Calassa lent his replicas of 14-bis and Demoiselle for production.[3]

The technical drawings were recreated by the team that opted for the most practical effects.[3]

Cast

• João Pedro Zappa - Santos Dumont
• Miguel Pinheiro - Nuno
• Joana de Verona - Almerinda
• Guilherme Garcia - Santos Dumont (child)
• Josias Duarte - Etienne
• Jean Pierre Noher
• Antonio Saboia - Louis Blériot
• Kauan Ceglio - Jorge Dumont
• Cláudio Perotto - Father Jonas

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	TBA	"Le Petit Santos"	Fernando Acquarone Estevão Ciavatta	Pedro Motta Gueiros	November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)	TBA	N/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.[5]
2	TBA	"O Prêmio Deutsch"	Fernando Acquarone Estevão Ciavatta	Gabriel Mariani Flaksman	November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)	TBA	N/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.[6]
3	TBA	"Por Ares Nunca Dantes Navegados"	Fernando Acquarone Estevão Ciavatta	Pedro Motta Gueiros	November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)	TBA	N/A
Controversy in St. Louis after intrigue with the Paris Aeroclub. Return to Europe and the flight of Aida de Acosta at the Nº9.[7] 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.
4	TBA	"Mais Pesado que o Ar"	Fernando Acquarone Estevão Ciavatta	Gabriel Mariani Flaksman	December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)	TBA	N/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.[8]
5	TBA	"O Vôo da Libélula"	Fernando Acquarone Estevão Ciavatta	Pedro Motta Gueiros Gabriel Mariani Flaksman	December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)	TBA	N/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.[9]
6	TBA	"Ícaro"	Fernando Acquarone Estevão Ciavatta	Pedro Motta Gueiros	December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)	TBA	N/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.[10]

See also

• Alberto Santos Dumont
• List of Santos-Dumont aircraft
• My Airships (Autobiography by Santos Dumont)
• O que eu vi, o que nós veremos (Portuguese autobiography).

References

1. "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.
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.
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.
4. "'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.
5. Episode 1
6. Episode 2
7. Episode 3
8. Episode 4
9. Episode 5
10. Episode 6

External links

• Santos Dumont on IMDb
• Santos Dumont - Especial dos bastidores (HBO) on YouTube
• Santos Dumont - Trailer Oficial (HBO) on YouTube