The Correctors starring Fernanda Torres

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Brazil’s Fernanda Torres, a Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee for “I’m Still Here,” will star in and has written the screenplay of “Os Corretores,” a feature from Brazilian production powerhouse Conspiraçao that is scheduled to go into production by the end of this year.

Andrucha Waddington (“House of Sand”), a partner at Conspiracao and Torres’ husband, will helm the pic. Globo Filmes, the theatrical arm of Globo Group, will co-produce.

“Os Corretores” is described as a real estate tragic comedy. The plot is centers on a couple of real estate agents. Torres play the female lead, and male leading role has yet to be cast.

For her internationally acclaimed performance as Eunice Paiva in “I’m Still Here,” Torres was the first Brazilian to receive a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a motion picture-drama, granted. She was also nominated this year for a best actress Academy Award.

Torres is also a writer of newspaper columns and has published two novels. Her debut novel, “The End,” sold over 200,000 copies in Brazil and was translated into seven languages and adapted into a 10-episode series. Torres wrote the screenplay of the series that bowed on streamer Globoplay in Oct. 2023. +