Loveling’ Director Gustavo Pizzi on Berlinale Series Standout ‘The Last Days of Gilda’
Emiliano Granada One thing’s clear from the 2021 Berlin Film Festival’s get-go: Its Berlinale Series strand grows stronger every year, and features for the first time two Latin America series which underscore the creative excitement of the limited miniseries format.“The Last Days Of Gilda,” Gustavo Pizzi and star Karine Teles’ adaptation of the same-titled stage play by Rodrigo de Roure is in its style, a playful portrayal of a woman trapped in a political and social tsunami now storming Brazil.Produced by Pizzu and Teles’ label Baleia Filmes, in association with Nostro, and backed by Canal Brazil and Globoplay, the fastest-building domestic SVOD service in Brazil, the four-episode series frame a tour de force performance from Teles as a