HBO Max Debuts Dona Beja With First Five Episodes, Weekly Batches to 40

Overview

• The premiere makes the first five chapters available now on HBO Max, with five more released each Monday until the 40-episode run is complete.
• Grazi Massafera leads the cast, joined by David Júnior and André Luiz Miranda, with scripts by Daniel Berlinsky and António Barreira.
• New portrayals include Severina, Beja’s best friend and a transgender woman played by Pedro Fasanaro, and a gay interpretation of Maurício Belgard by Eduardo Pelizzari.
• HBO Max plans distribution in more than 90 countries and territories across Latin America, Europe, the United States and Asia.
• Early coverage highlights a sensual, visually lavish melodrama that invites comparison to Netflix’s Bridgerton.