Boutique Filmes Lines Up Marina Ruy Barbosa, João Guilherme, ‘Strange Way of Life’ Breakout José Condessa for ‘The Mystery of the 5 Stars’ With Vera Egito to Direct (EXCLUSIVE)

Sep 15, 2026 5:16am PT Boutique Filmes Lines Up Marina Ruy Barbosa, João Guilherme, ‘Strange Way of Life’ Breakout José Condessa for ‘The Mystery of the 5 Stars’ With Vera Egito to Direct (EXCLUSIVE)

Prominent Brazilian label Boutique Filmes is doubling down on its focus on young adult audiences in Brazil's growing market by casting two of the country's most popular young stars and building bridges to Portugal

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Marina Ruy Barbosa, João Guilherme, José Condessa Courtesy of Boutique Filmes

Vera Egito, who directed one of Brazil’s buzziest recent series with Prime Video’s “Tremembé,” is set to helm “The Mystery of the 5 Stars” for Boutique Filmes in co-production with Globo Filmes, Ukbar Filmes, and Sony Pictures International Productions Brazil.

The project has also cast two of Brazil’s most popular screen stars, Marina Ruy Barbosa (“Tremembé”) and João Guilherme (“Beast Race”), as well as rising Portuguese actor José Condessa who recently starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life” alongside A-listers Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke. Sony Pictures will handle distribution.

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