Brazilian Drama to Launch on HBO Latino

NEW YORK: Next month, HBO Latino is due to launch the 13-part Brazilian drama Alice, an original series from HBO Latin America Group, co-produced with Gullane Films.

Starring Andreia Horta in the title role, the series launches on HBO’s Spanish-language multiplex on March 6 at 10 p.m., running every Friday through May 29. The show will also be accessible on HBO On Demand with English subtitles. It follows a 26-year-old woman who, after learning of a family tragedy, leaves her hometown for São Paulo. This is the sixth original series that HBO Latino has acquired from HBO Latin America, following Epitafios, Mandrake, Sexo Urbano, Capadocia and Hijos del Carnival.