43 minSeason 2 • Episode 10
LatestElena prepares the ritual in the church to try to save Anatoli back at Ignes' request. Halyna says goodbye to The Hague, and Giovana meets Melissa again. The body disappears from the IML.
In 1988, the disappearance of a young girl shocks the population of little Brígida, in the interior of southern Brazil, resulting in the banning of pagan festivities of Ivana Kupala. Thirty years later, the city is preparing to bring the party back, but terrifying events, along with the dangerous ritual of transmigration of souls, unsettle the community and bring to light the secrets of a crime that ties three families’ destinies through time.
Cinematography
Misty southern Brazilian landscapes that breathe unease.
Production
Authentic Ivana Kupala rituals rarely seen on screen.
Acting
Cássia Kis dominates as the morally complex matriarch.
Creator
Ana Paula Maia
Cássia Kis
Haia Lachovicz
Cláudia Abreu
Ignes Skavronski
Maria Ribeiro
Giovana
Ismael Caneppele
Boris Burko
Bruce Gomlevsky
Ivan Burko
Isabel Teixeira
Anele Burko
Camila Botelho
Melissa
Anna Melo
Halyna
Gabriel Muglia
Pavlo Lachovicz
Eduardo Borelli
Roman Skavronski jovem
Nicolas Vargas
Aleksey
Fábio Assunção
Traian Troader
Nathália Falcão
Iryna Burko
Giovanni De Lorenzi
Maksym Burko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ivana Kupala is a real Slavic-pagan summer solstice celebration; its Brazilian preservation by immigrant communities is rarely depicted in media. The show's use of actual ritual practitioners as consultants was groundbreaking for Brazilian television.
Creator Ana Paula Maia cited Twin Peaks and The Wicker Man as influences, but the show's true engine is Brazilian 'romance rural' tradition—telenovela DNA fused with folk horror, explaining why family melodrama often overwhelms supernatural plot.
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