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Lei da Selva: A História do Jogo do Bicho

2022 · 1 season

A brisk, eye-opening dive into how a humble zoo lottery became a sprawling crime empire, told with journalistic clarity and a dash of carnival colour.

Created by
Pedro Asbeg
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Cecília Olliveira, Marcelo Adnet, Fábio Fabato
Overview
The story of how the lottery invented to finance a zoo was incorporated by Rio de Janeiro's popular culture and, in the hands of organized gangsters, transformed itself into an immense crime empire.

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Created by
Pedro Asbeg
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Cecília Olliveira, Marcelo Adnet, Fábio Fabato
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • corruption
  • class
  • power
  • greed
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Pedro Asbeg
Starring
Cecília Olliveira, Marcelo Adnet, Fábio Fabato, Luiz Antônio Simas, Tainá de Paula, Milton Cunha
Cinematography
Pedro Von Krüger
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Canal Brasil
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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