TV series

Betinho: No Fio da Navalha

2023 · 1 season

A sober, heartfelt chronicle of illness and activism that moves deliberately, asking you to sit with grief and hope.

Overview: After eight years of a political exile imposed by the Brazilian military dictatorship, sociologist Herbert de Souza returns to his homeland. Alongside democracy activists, he faces the arrival of AIDS and puts the devastating impact of hunger under the spotlight. Overcoming his fragile health and personal tragedy, he creates the largest social awareness campaign in Brazilian history.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, tense and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Politics, survival, isolation, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
survival
isolation
family
healing
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild