Ilha de Ferro (2018)

Directed by

Afonso Poyart

Genre

drama

Country

Brazil

Length

2 seasons, 22 episodes

Rated

16

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Brazilian drama follows a team of oil tanker workers. They balance the pressures of their personal lives on land with the dangers and isolation of working at sea.

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What happens

Ilha de Ferro (transl. Iron Island) is a Brazilian drama streaming television series created by Max Mallmann and Adriana Lunardi for Globoplay. Directed by Afonso Poyart, and produced by TV Globo's production division Estúdios Globo, it premiered on the streaming service on November 14, 2018. The series follows the story of a team of oil tankers workers that are divided between the dilemmas of their personal life on land and working on the high seas. It is the last credited work of Mallmann, who died some months prior to the series' premiere. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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