Writer Gloria Perez was delighted with the success of “Pacto Brutal”, a documentary series about the murder of her daughter, Daniella Perez. In an interview with Veja magazine, she said the repercussion offset the difficult memories she had to go through for the production. Your testimony is the anchor of the show.
“The big repercussion tells me that all the emotional wear and tear that this immersion in the greatest pain of my life cost me was worth it,” she said.
He commented that it was difficult to remember everything that happened, but also important to report the case without the noise of the different versions. “It was very difficult to register my participation, to revisit the most difficult moments, the most suffered, now through the word. It was the first time I could talk about feelings. Before I just had to refute the versions”.
The writer took the opportunity to complain about how the murder, which took place in 1992, was treated in a sexist way by the media, with judgments of the victim based on the lies of the murderer Guilherme Pádua. “Because I was a woman, the most absurd versions, the most baseless and disrespectful accusations were spread without a doubt,” he said.
“I think there is still a lot to do in terms of protecting women, but we already have a huge advantage, because today we recognize it and talk about it,” she concluded.
Gloria Perez recorded more than 20 hours of testimony for the docuseries, and the behind-the-scenes crew reportedly cried during filming.
Directed by Tatiana Issa (“Dzi Croquettes”) and Guto Barra (“Yves Saint-Laurent: My Marrakesh”), who also wrote the screenplay, the project was conceived by Issa, who began her career as an actress and was close to Daniella Perez. In 1992, the year of the murder, she starred in the soap opera “Deus nos Acuda” with the victim’s husband, Raul Gazolla.
There are a total of five documentary episodes about the murder, with painful testimonies from the actress’s mother, author Gloria Perez, from Gazolla, friends – even Roberto Carlos! – and the experts involved in the investigation.
The brutal death of the Globo star was one of the most famous crimes in Brazil and in more ways than one, as the people involved were famous celebrities. The greatest protagonist of the telenovela “De Corpo e Alma”, written by her mother, Daniella was killed by Guilherme de Pádua, an actor with whom she was a romantic partner in the plot, and by Paula Thomaz, at the time wife of Guilherme. Her body was found in a grove in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, pierced with eighteen fatal blows from a white weapon.
According to the lawsuit, the motivation for the crime was that Guilherme believed her role in the soap opera was dwindling because of the actress.
On July 28, HBO Max announced that “Brutal Pact: The Assassination of Daniella Perez” had become the most viewed original series on the platform in Brazil and Latin America in its early days of airing, surpassing successful premieres of domestic titles. and international.
Source: Terra
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