Xuxa, o Documentário (English title: Xuxa, A Life on TV) is a Brazilian documentary television series consisting of five episodes about the life and career trajectory of Brazilian television host and singer Xuxa Meneghel. Co-produced by Conversa.doc and Endemol Shine Brasil, the series is directed by Pedro Bial and written by Camila Appel. It was released on July 13, 2023, by the Globoplay streaming platform.
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Production
On 26 January 2021, Xuxa spoke about her new projects on the television program Encontro com Fátima Bernardes and announced that Globoplay would produce a documentary about her, but did not give details of the script. "I have a project to make a documentary that will be released by Globoplay together with Endemol. This documentary had to have Globoplay's hand, because I worked here 29 years," she said.
In February 2021, it was reported in the press that Xuxa wanted Pedro Bial to direct the documentary. The approach of the two would have occurred in the previous year, when Xuxa participated in the talk show Conversa com Bial. In March 2023, during the recordings, Xuxa meets her former manager, Marlene Mattos, with whom she has not spoken since 2002.
During her participation in the TV program Saia Justa, on the GNT channel, Xuxa said she revived "something that I didn't even know existed. They did a huge research, I didn't even know that I had lived through all of that. I relived all of that, you know? Because they didn't just touch the trunk, they touched little boxes that were closed for a long time", he said.
Cast
Xuxa ... Herself
Angélica ... Herself
Andrea Veiga ... Herself
Aretuza Garibaldi ... Herself
Boni ... Himself
Junno Andrade ... Himself
Letícia Spiller ... Herself
Luiza Brunet .. Herself
Luciano Szafir ... Himself
Marlene Mattos ... Herself
Michael Sullivan ... Himself
Marcelo Ribeiro ... Himself
Marcelo Ribeiro ... Himself
Michelly X ... Herself
Paulo Massadas ... Himself
Renato Aragão ... Himself
Reinaldo Waisman ... Himself
Sasha Meneghel ... Herself
Sergio Mallandro ... Himself
Tatiana Maranhão ... Herself
Episodes
Release
On 28 October 2022, the first teaser for the series was released. In June 2023, Globoplay announced that the documentary will be released on 13 July 2023. The official trailer was released on 8 July 2023.