A Divisão (transl. The Division) is a Brazilian crime drama web television series that premiered on the streaming service Globoplay on July 19, 2019.[1]

A Divisão
Genre	Crime drama
Directed by	Vicente Amorim
Starring	Erom Cordeiro Silvio Guindane Thelmo Fernandes Natália Lage Marcos Palmeira Oscar Calixto
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Marcelo Torres
Producer	Jose Junior
Cinematography	Gustavo Hadba
Editor	Danilo Lemos
Production companies	Afroreggae Audiovisual Globo Filmes Hungry Man Multishow
Release
Original network	Globoplay
Original release	July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19) – present

The second season was released on September 10, 2020.[2]

Plot

Set in the late 90s, the story accompanies the outbreak of kidnapping that shook the society of Rio de Janeiro and invaded the pages of newspapers in that decade. It then emerges a task force of the police from the Rio anti-kidnapping division, in order to combat the war between criminal factions.[3]

Cast and characters

• Erom Cordeiro as Santiago - a corrupt, dishonest and intelligent investigator of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro and a member of the anti-kidnapping division. He's also Mendonça's biggest rival.
• Silvio Guindane as Mendonça - an honest, serious, incorruptible and brutal delegate from the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro and leader of the anti-kidnapping division. He's also Santiago's biggest rival.
• Thelmo Fernandes as Ramos - an investigator from the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro and member of the anti-kidnapping division who, like Santiago, is also corrupt. He's also Santiago's best friend
• Natália Lage as Roberta - A Rio de Janeiro Civil Police investigator and member of the anti-kidnapping division who, who, like Santiago, is also corrupt. She's also Benicio's biggest rival.
• Marcos Palmeira as Benício - He is the leader of the Rio de Janeiro anti-kidnapping operation and Mendonça's boss. He's also Roberta biggest rival.
• Oscar Calixto as Wagner

Release

Marketing

On 10 July 2019, the first trailer for the series was released.[4]

References

External links

• A Divisão at IMDb