The Hypnotist (2015-2017)

Directed by Alex Gabassi & José Eduardo Belmonte

Produced by RT Features / HBO Brasil

Music by Guilherme Garbato & Gustavo Garbato

Synopsis: This is the story of Arenas (Leonardo Sbaraglia), a hypnotist who can put people into a trance and make them reveal their innermost secrets. He is a man of mystery, lonely and isolated, who suffers from perpetual insomnia, behind which lies a great secret. Arenas finds it easier to deal with other people's problems than his own, In order to get to sleep he has to meet with Darek (Chico Diaz), a hypnotist who has given him insomnia. In the battle between the two, each has his own allies. Arenas has Salinero (César Troncoso) and Anita (Bianca Comparato), Darek has Castor (Miguel Lunardi), a watch repairer, who dreams of founding a major institute of hypnotherapy. The eight episode series, the Hypnotist, is based on a comic book history by Argentine Pablo de Santis, illustrated by Juan Sáenz Valiente.