Screening this week at Series Mania, “Doce” is a seven-part series about Portugal’s first major girl band. It is a musical odyssey in a country that was undergoing radical transformations in the wake of the 1974 revolution.
“Doce” represented Portugal in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest and were glitzy trailblazers of a new world of opportunities for women. The project’s director, Patrícia Sequeira, is the helmer of two of Portugal’s biggest recent domestic box hits, political drama “Snu” in 2019 and the 2021 feature film “Bem Bom” which is the sister project to the TV series.
The four young female singers of “Doce” wore racy outfits and sang daring and sexually-charged lyrics, that inspired a generation, including Sequeira herself, who was nine years old when she first heard them sing. Interviewed by Variety, she explains her motivations behind the project:
Why are you so interested in this period of Portuguese history...
“Doce” represented Portugal in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest and were glitzy trailblazers of a new world of opportunities for women. The project’s director, Patrícia Sequeira, is the helmer of two of Portugal’s biggest recent domestic box hits, political drama “Snu” in 2019 and the 2021 feature film “Bem Bom” which is the sister project to the TV series.
The four young female singers of “Doce” wore racy outfits and sang daring and sexually-charged lyrics, that inspired a generation, including Sequeira herself, who was nine years old when she first heard them sing. Interviewed by Variety, she explains her motivations behind the project:
Why are you so interested in this period of Portuguese history...
- 9/1/2021
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
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