Plot

Anthology series in which each season depicts a look at the lives of foreigners who decided to live or stay temporarily in a Brazilian city, such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador.

The economic powerhouse of Sao Paulo continues to attract immigrants dreaming of a new life. These new "Paulistanos" always seem willing to overcome cultural barriers in order to achieve a common objective - to seize an opportunity. No matter their background or reasons for coming, they have on thing in common, they all bring hopes and fears with them, as well as unique stories and experiences. Some of the immigrant groups that can be found in Brazil's largest city include Koreans, Africans, Argentinians, and Chileans, among others. Destination: Sao Paulo puts the lives of these foreigners under the microscope to look into their houses, ghettos, and their personal lives. Without stereotypes or prejudice, the miniseries paints an intimate portrait of the life of these people and their relationship with a city which can be both welcoming and harsh. The series was created by Fábio Mendonça and produced for O2 Films.—HBO Latin America

DESTINO: RIO DE JANEIRO offers six episodes mixing drama, comedy, romance, suspense, and poetry. They are tales of love and friendship, family, vice, crime, matches and mismatches, jealousy, breakups, quests, and revelations. They are stories told by protagonists of diverse nationalities whose paths weave together and diverge in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Takashi has sailed from Japan to the Marina da Gloria to keep a promise he made to his beloved. Italian Mafioso Antonio discovers that the man he's been hunting for 40 years has assumed the identity of a bar owner. Nikos is a Greek captain who has just arrived in the Bay of Guanabara and is already thinking of the voyage he will be taking with the love of his life. When the Briant family finally manages to make friends with another British family, they discover how deceptive appearances can be. Romanian Ileana comes to Rio de Janeiro to train a team of bodybuilders and ends up exploring tanned Carioca bodies in search of true love. Twenty years after his last show in Rio de Janeiro, American rock n' roller Vince discovers that he left much more than his heart in the amazing city. Paths cross, as lives become interwoven, with glimpses of everyday life in an international city: an inexhaustible source of stories.—HBO Latin America