Entertainmentby Rafa Sales Ross
Felipe Vellas to Direct 'Bateau Mouche' Sinking Tragedy Movie
Key Takeaways
- Director Felipe Vellas will helm the film 'Bateau Mouche'.
- The movie is produced by Boutique Filmes and Anonymous Content Brazil.
- The script will be written by Gustavo Lipsztein.
- It dramatizes the 1988 boating tragedy in Rio de Janeiro that killed 55 people.
Director Felipe Vellas has signed on to direct "Bateau Mouche," a new feature film inspired by the tragic 1988 New Year's Eve sinking of a vessel in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay. The accident claimed the lives of 55 people and remains a significant historical tragedy in Brazil.
The film is being produced by Boutique Filmes and Anonymous Content Brazil, with a script written by Gustavo Lipsztein. Vellas and Boutique Filmes previously collaborated on the international Netflix hit "Elize: Shadows of a Woman," aiming to replicate that success with this new historical drama.
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