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Overview
- The project, unveiled Tuesday by Variety during the Cannes festival, teams Torres with Dafoe under director Bárbara Paz.
- Set in a near-future city where closeness is bought, Dafoe plays Dante, who offers paid hugs and comfort to strangers.
- Behind his calm front, Dante grapples with loneliness and painkiller dependence until an empathetic immigrant named Ava shifts his path.
- Conspiração leads production with TV Globo, BP Produções, Buena Vista International, VideoFilmes and Infinity Hill as co-producers.
- Executive producers are Phin Glynn and Delfina Montecchia, with Renata Brandão, Juliana Capelini, Bárbara Paz, Axel Kuschevatzky, Cindy Teperman and Maria Carlota Bruno producing, and no release date announced.