Netflix’s Portuguese series ‘Rabo de Peixe’ (English title ‘Turn of the Tide’) will be coming back for Season 3 “The second Portuguese series on the streaming service has completed filming for its second season and has also filmed a third season that will be released globally on the platform,” revealed Netflix in a prepared statement The first season of ‘Rabo de Peixe,’ which was released in spring 2023 made Netflix’s global top 10 for most-watched series not in English and was streamed in about 190 countries The action thriller series is set in the fishing town of Rabo de Peixe in São Miguel, Azores and is loosely based on a real-life event that took place there a yacht carrying a huge stash of cocaine washed up in the Azores and disgorged its contents which soon started flooding Rabo de Peixe’s shores The first season tells the story of a group of friends whose lives change when a ton of cocaine washes up on the Azorean coast Netflix said the new season “promises more thrills and twists.” but Eduardo and his friends will face new and unexpected adventures,” according to Netflix’s statement Eduardo returns to find a completely different reality in Rabo de Peixe The drugs he hid are no longer in Uncle Joe’s hands but are now controlled by an unexpected enemy triggering a series of events that will test the group’s bonds of friendship and loyalty “The story continues to focus on the group’s unique friendship in an equally unique location: the Azores,” reads Netflix’s statement “Even with the growth of the drug business they remain true to themselves and their community facing unpredictable dangers with the same fun and close-knit spirit that has characterized their group since childhood.” the ‘Rabo de Peixe’ was created by Azorean director and scriptwriter Augusto Fraga and written by him The series’ second season was directed by Fraga and João Maia while Fraga and Patrícia Sequeira directed the third season The cast includes several well-known Portuguese actors The new season adds new secondary characters portrayed by equally recognized actors like José Raposo ‘Rabo de Peixe’ is the second Portuguese fiction series produced for Netflix The release date for the second season of ‘Rabo de Peixe’ has yet to be announced Read today's Portuguese stories delivered to your email A documentary about the true story that inspired the television series “Rabo de Peixe” is currently in production for Netflix the project is a documentary series “about the incredible story that inspired ‘Rabo de Peixe’” in reference to the event that occurred in 2001 when a sailboat sank with around half a ton of cocaine on board with much of the drug washing ashore near Rabo de Peixe a series was constructed about four friends who and about a police investigation surrounding the wreck linked to the Spanish production company Portocabo directed by João Marques and creatively supervised by Augusto Fraga Netflix revealed that filming of the second season of the Portuguese series “Rabo de Peixe” is a production by Ukbar Filmes with Netflix which was co-directed by Patrícia Sequeira and João Maia and co-written the script with Hugo Gonçalves and Tiago R the four friends who find the wrecked drug are played by actors José Condessa "Rabo de Peixe" is the second Portuguese fiction series produced for Netflix it was in the top ' global list of the most watched series in non-English languages the city of Ribeira Grande decided to launch a tourist itinerary identifying the main filming locations for “Rabo de Peixe” We appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for our services but if you are able to we ask you to support The Portugal News by making a contribution – no matter how small You can change how much you give or cancel your contributions at any time Send us your comments or opinion on this article Reaching over 400,000 people a week with news about Portugal Netflix announced today that Turn of the Tide the second Portuguese series on the streaming service has completed filming for its second season and has also filmed a third season that will be released globally on the platform The Portuguese Netflix series is loosely inspired by a real event and is produced by Ukbar Filmes It is directed by Augusto Fraga and João Maia in its second season and by Augusto Fraga and Patrícia Sequeira in its third season but Eduardo and his friends will face new and unexpected adventures The drugs he hid are no longer in Uncle Joe's hands but are now controlled by an unexpected enemy triggering a series of events that will test the group's bonds of friendship and loyalty The story continues to focus on the group's unique friendship in an equally unique location: the Azores and close-knit spirit that has characterized their group since childhood while renowned Portuguese actors such as Maria João Bastos and Pepê Rapazote also return to enrich the series' universe which adds new secondary characters played by equally recognized actors like José Raposo Production is moving along on “Rabo de Peixe,” the second original Portuguese series for Netflix Produced by Ukbar Filmes and directed by Augusto Fraga and Patricia Sequeira “Rabo de Peixe” is a thriller with a little bit of sarcastic humor whose lives change forever with the arrival of a ton of cocaine “It’s a great pride to be able to tell the Azores to the world telling an incredible story in one of the most unique places on the planet,” said Fraga “This is a series of pure fun and adrenaline a reflection on the fate and fatality of the human condition,” he added The “Rabo de Peixe” project was selected from the competition for screenwriters launched in 2020 by Netflix and ICA (Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual) “Rabo de Peixe” is being shot this week in Tapada de Mafra The cast includes several well-know Portuguese actors "Rabo de Peixe" is the second Portuguese series made entirely in Portugal for Netflix This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Wikimedia commonsIn 2001, a severe storm hit the Portuguese islands, causing a boat from Venezuela to sink off the coast of Rabo de Peixe. At the helm of the boat was Sicilian drug trafficker Antonio Quinzi, nicknamed O Italiano, who was carrying tons of cocaine and decided to hide it between a nearby cave and the seabed, anchoring it with nets and chains. However, due to the powerful force of the ocean, the moorings securing the cargo were broken, causing the bundles to float and eventually reach the quay of the Portuguese town. Unaware of their true contents, the curious locals took possession of the packages and mistakenly used the cocaine as flour or sugar to fry food or sweeten desserts. The drug was even utilized to paint the lines on the football field. The dire consequences were not far behind. Subsequently, the local healthcare services became overwhelmed with unforeseen cases of drug overdoses, prompting the activation of a red alert. This cocaine, initially intended for Palma de Mallorca and possessing a higher purity than typical on the black market, ultimately resulted in chaos within Rabo de Peixe. This story is now picked up in Rabo de Peixe (Turn of the Tide), the new series created by Augusto Fraga for Netflix.  Wikimedia commonsFar from its unique past, Rabo de Peixe is now a quiet village with few inhabitants, ideal for those looking to escape the hustle and bustle of big cities and find a place to live by the sea. The landscapes are breathtaking as this village still preserves its 'wild' state. Moreover, thanks to the proximity of its people you can create strong community ties that are absent when living in big cities. As one of the largest fishing communities in the Azores, Rabo de Peixe has traditionally relied on fishing as its primary industry. The town's economy revolves around fishing activities, including the capture and processing of fish and other seafood products. The local fish market is a hub of activity, where fresh catches are bought and sold. Rabo de Peixe, which literally means "Fish Tail" in English, offers visitors a glimpse into the Azorean fishing culture and lifestyle. Its charming harbour is lined with colourful fishing boats, creating a postcard-worthy scene. Walking along the waterfront, you can observe fishermen at work, mending nets or preparing their boats for the next voyage. In recent years, tourism has also started to play a role in Rabo de Peixe's economy. The town's natural beauty, with its rugged coastline, has attracted visitors looking for a more authentic Azorean experience. Travellers can explore the nearby beaches, hike along coastal trails, or sample local cuisine featuring freshly caught seafood. idealistaIf island life is up your street and you decide to buy a house in Rabo de Peixe, we're here to help with the best selection of property for sale. Living in Rabo de Peixe means having the island of São Miguel and its most beautiful spots, such as Furnas, Lagoa do Fogo or Lagoa das Sete Cidades just a stone's throw away. Carnation Revolution: Portugal's Freedom Day On 25th April Portugal underwent a fundamental transformation known as the Carnation Revolution This pivotal event marked the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship and the start of Portugal's path to democracy The day is celebrated annually as Freedom Day to honour this peaceful transition and the newfound era of freedom and democracy a smugglers’ yacht washed up in the Azores and disgorged its contents The island of São Miguel was quickly flooded with high-grade cocaine – and nearly 20 years on a parish on the northwestern tip of the Atlantic island São Miguel drifting aimlessly near the area’s sheer cliffs None of the villagers had ever seen a boat of this size floating so close to that part of the coast the tides strong and the rocks razor-sharp They supposed it was an amateur sailor who had got lost Read moreAlthough he was under orders to take the yacht to mainland Spain Big lumps of Atlantic swell had pummelled the boat damaging the rudder and leaving him floundering Realising he wouldn’t make it to Spain without stopping the largest of the cluster of nine volcanic islands that make up the Azores a bucolic archipelago first colonised by Portugal in the 15th century they would find tens of millions of pounds worth of uncut cocaine which he was ferrying from Venezuela for a gang based in Spain’s Balearic Islands He had to get rid of his freight temporarily and so he began scouring the coast for a place to hide the drugs São Miguel’s coastline is pocked with grottos and secluded coves The sailor navigated the yacht to a cave near Pilar da Bretanha and began offloading the cocaine which was bound with plastic and rubber in hundreds of packages the size of building bricks According to the police investigation that followed he secured the contraband with fishing nets and chains submerging it beneath the water with an anchor But as he set sail for the nearest harbour a small fishing town called Rabo de Peixe about 15 miles to the south-east skeins of fog drifted over São Miguel’s cliffs waves pounded the island’s rocky inlets and the netting holding the cocaine unravelled most of the people on São Miguel have subsisted on farming most of whom are separated by only one or two acquaintances Although the island has the mix of intimacy and claustrophobia that marks many small communities the predictability of life here creates a sense of security that is reinforced by the vast Atlantic Ocean which barricades Azoreans within a subtropical paradise “The paradox of the Azores is that you are always wanting to leave when you’re here and always wanting return when you’re not,” Tiago Melo Bento The arrival in the summer of 2001 of more than half a metric tonne of extraordinarily pure cocaine turned São Miguel upside down I visited the island to speak to people who were affected by the influx of the cocaine or were involved in trying to track down the smuggler The stories they told of how the drugs changed the island were by turns bizarre No one expected in early June 2001 that they would still be talking about the effects of the cocaine nearly two decades later a man from Pilar da Bretanha climbed down a steep path to the small cove where he often fished flapping in the surf like a beached jellyfish was a large mound covered in black plastic the fisherman found scores of the small packages Leaking from some of them was a substance he thought looked very much like flour local officers had registered some 270 packages of uncut cocaine It was only the first of many such discoveries more than a week after the first batch was found a man stumbled across 158kg (worth roughly £16m today) in another cove near Pilar da Bretanha a school teacher named Francisco Negalha alerted the police after finding 15kg on a beach on the other side of the island “I was scared and hesitant even to approach them,” Negalha told me “I thought someone may have been watching me and might kill me if they saw me touch them.” In the space of a fortnight there were 11 registered seizures totalling just under 500kg of cocaine Not everyone who found packages reported it to authorities A number of islanders became small-time dealers and began transporting cocaine across the island in milk churns One such report suggested that two fishermen had seen the man on the yacht dumping some of his cocaine No one knows how much of the drug they retrieved but the stories of these two fishermen have become legendary among the drug-users in São Miguel I heard that one of these men was selling so much of the stuff from his car that his seats were white with powder The same man had apparently paid a friend 300g of cocaine just to charge his phone Other Azoreans “were selling beer glasses full of pure cocaine” an entrepreneur and musician from the south of the island contained about 150g and cost €20 (£17) – many hundreds of times cheaper than what it would cost in London today read: “Police fear the mass dealing of cocaine” The coast near Pilar da Bretanha on the island of São Miguel locals had seen little cocaine on the island It was more common to find heroin or hashish “Cocaine was a drug of the elite,” Jose Lopes one of the leading inspectors from Portugal’s judicial police “It was expensive.” There was really only one previous case of trafficking that people remembered with any clarity an Italian named Marco Morotti was caught in the port of Ponta Delgada transporting large quantities of cocaine dissolved in petrol containers But Morotti’s product had been seized by the police before it reached the islanders two types of cocaine were circulating on São Miguel: one was the sort of fine white powder familiar from film and TV shows but dissolved the crystals in water and then injected it into their veins “You were floating.” One recovering drug user from Rabo de Peixe told me that he and a family member consumed more than a kilo in a month A police officer told me the story of a man nicknamed Joaninha who had hooked himself up to a drip of cocaine and water and sat in his house getting high for days A product so valuable in the rest of the world was rendered almost worthless through abundance but they didn’t know how to work with it,” Ruben Frias the head of the local fishermen’s association in Rabo de Peixe There were rumours that housewives were frying mackerel in cocaine and that old fishermen were pouring it into their coffees like sugar No one knew how much of the stuff was still out there In the 24 hours after he had arrived on São Miguel the man on the yacht had barely ventured out of his cabin He had pored over maps and made several phone calls to find out how he could fix his boat’s damaged rudder but he didn’t speak Portuguese and couldn’t afford to draw any more attention to himself than was absolutely necessary As he lay in his narrow bunk on the night of 7 June he didn’t know that police officers were already watching him had been chosen as one of the leaders of the investigation he was 34 years old and had worked eight years as a policeman He was very familiar with the local drug trade and had a reputation for his encyclopaedic memory Lopes also claimed he has a “sixth sense” for solving mysteries It hadn’t taken Lopes long to figure out that the smuggler’s yacht was floating in the harbour in Rabo de Peixe He knew that the cocaine had almost certainly arrived by boat and records of the coming and goings of boats kept by the maritime police Lopes and his team were able to track down the yacht within a matter of hours police watched as a Nissan Micra parked up beside the yacht They later found out that the car had been rented at the airport by a man named Vito Rosario Quinci Vito Rosario turned out to be the nephew of the smuggler a Sicilian whose real name was Antonino Quinci Spanish prosecutors would later claim that Vito Rosario was the link between Quinci and the unnamed Spanish organisation running the cocaine operation four months before Quinci arrived in the Azores the leader of the smuggling ring had bought an 11-year-old Sun Kiss 47 yacht for €156,000 in Puerto de Mogán in the Canary Islands and transferred it to Quinci under an alias It was later discovered that Quinci’s yacht was only one part of a larger operation each carrying more than half a tonne of cocaine were destined for different ports in Spain (Vito was later found guilty of involvement in this drug smuggling operation and sentenced to 17 years in jail in Spain the conviction was overturned after an appeal found that the police had used illegal wiretapping to gather evidence He denied knowledge of the drug-smuggling operation.) Photos from Antonino Quinci’s various identification documentsVito met his uncle in the cramped living quarters of the yacht the location where Quinci had attempted to stash the cocaine two days earlier presumably long enough to establish that the cargo was missing Then police followed them as they sailed around to the town of Ponta Delgada Quinci and Vito set up base for the next 12 days They seemed to do little except make occasional trips on a rubber dinghy sometimes to places where police could not track them When sources in port tipped off investigators that the yacht’s rudder would be fixed by 22 June just under two weeks after the yacht was first spotted Lopes and his team found Quinci surrounded by maps and piles of documents including a notebook marking the boat’s journey from Venezuela via Barbados to São Miguel investigators also found a brick of cocaine weighing 960g and a film canister containing another three grams “Quinci was easy to deal with,” Lopes said having lived in the country for a short time before he had become a police officer He and Quinci were able to converse informally “Quinci was talkative for someone who had just been detained on a drug charge,” Lopes said “He seemed worried by the fact that large amounts of cocaine were washing up all over the island.” Quinci even offered to direct officers to the area where he had hidden the cocaine But in an official interrogation on the following day and said the bricks the police seized from the boat were things he had chanced upon at sea as if he were above proceedings,” Catia Bendetti Quinci’s translator during the interrogation “He barely said a word.” Perhaps Quinci was scared He had two young children and a girlfriend who were vulnerable to reprisals and he had just lost tens of millions of pounds worth of someone else’s cocaine Or perhaps he thought he could avoid prosecution was that he had not given up hope of escaping the island Before Quinci’s cocaine had washed up on shore Lopes and his colleagues had São Miguel’s drug trade on lockdown “We knew almost everything that there was to know about the local market,” Lopes said The flow of drugs was usually small and predictable they would make such a dent in the drug supply that local prices would skyrocket But now police faced an unprecedented situation As well as the 500kg of cocaine they had seized in the previous two weeks Lopes thought that at least another 200kg were still unaccounted for the fishing village where Quinci had first moored his boat and locals told me that it was a place where even other islanders can feel like outsiders it became a hub for the sale of the missing cocaine “People from all over the island came here to buy drugs,” Ruben Frias told me narrow streets lined with pastel-coloured houses snake down to the harbour where fishermen hunch over dominos in grotty bars kilos and kilos of cocaine exchanged hands Later analysis showed that the cocaine was more than 80% pure far stronger than anything normally found on the street The drug’s potency made it highly addictive and many people who started using had little idea what they were dealing with told me that Quinci’s drug made it into the hands of the islanders at a time when many people here had little experience with cocaine a medic and coroner at Ponta Delgada’s hospital told me that in the weeks after Quinci’s arrival an unusually high number of people were coming into the hospital reporting heart attack-like symptoms “We revived a lot of people from drug-induced comas,” he said A month after Quinci had arrived on the island the front page of the Açoriano Oriental opened with the headline “Cocaine kills on São Miguel” The article reported a spike in the number of overdoses and the death of a young man Local television networks began broadcasting health warnings to the islanders advising them not to try the cocaine looks like a brutalist castle and looms over the main road heading out of town According to a witness cited in court documents while in jail Quinci was often on the phone talking in Spanish and trying to secure a scooter or rental car In exchange for help in escaping the prison Quinci had offered to draw maps for other inmates that would lead them to the cocaine Quinci entered a courtyard of the jail for his designated recreation time His arms were wrapped in ripped bed sheets to protect them from cuts: the yard was surrounded by a long From one of the white hexagonal guard towers a correctional officer named Antonio Alonso fired a warning shot from his rifle Alonso then aimed his sight directly at the fugitive prisoners had gathered and were cheering Quinci on Alonso could see civilians walking up and down a promenade on the main road “I was afraid that I might hurt someone if I fired a shot,” he would later testify on to a small scooter and into the distance The prison in Ponta Delgada from which Quinci escaped Photograph: Stefan Sollfors//AlamyPolice were immediately alerted of the escape and moved to seal off the island Pictures of Quinci were sent to all ports on São Miguel and the airport in Ponta Delgada the Açoriano Oriental asked readers to report any sightings of Quinci to the authorities Rumours circulated that he was sleeping rough in fields snorting cocaine to stave off his appetite he ended up in the house of a man named Rui Couto who lived in a village 26 miles north-east of Ponta Delgada who is now in his late 40s and has a tattoo on the left side of his shaved head and wore clothes that were too big for his skinny frame But he was forced to leave after being busted for drug possession “They caught me with six joints,” he told me in a thick Massachusetts accent He came back to São Miguel in his early 20s but the barbed wire ripped his ankles,” Couto said and his whole family was in a garden terrace at the back of his house Couto claims Quinci was brought to the house by an acquaintance of his He also told me he gave Quinci refuge out kindness and that there was no deal or plan with the Italian Quinci stayed in a chicken shed at the bottom of a potato field behind Couto’s garden for around two weeks The pair would often eat together and talk late into the night Couto told me that although Quinci was in a sorry state smoking cocaine in cigarette papers without tobacco Couto said that someone Quinci knew came round to give him a fake passport and money A relative of Quinci had supposedly bought him a boat in Madeira another Portuguese island 620 miles to the south-east and was planning to smuggle him off São Miguel as soon as possible they were going to pick him up down there,” Couto told me pointing to a bay some 200 metres from the back of his house Couto said he had been up late with a friend on the night before the police arrived he heard people shouting outside the house Couto opened the door in his underpants and a squadron of armed police burst through the front door they were working off a tip from a police colleague who believed Couto was hiding cocaine at his house Lopes and a colleague decided to check the stone shed at the bottom of Couto’s potato field The inside was covered in hay and smelled strongly of manure There didn’t seem to be anything of interest inside “but something told me I needed to search more” “We didn’t know Quinci was there,” Lopes said Quinci’s cocaine had profoundly changed life on São Miguel But that was just the immediate aftermath of his arrival When I travelled to the island earlier this year the long-term effects of Quinci’s cocaine were evident The users who agreed to speak with me said that Quinci’s arrival on São Miguel had changed the island in surprising ways. Several people told me that a number of locals had become rich thanks to the Italian’s cocaine, then started legitimate businesses, such as coffee shops, many of which still exist today. After he was re-arrested, Quinci was put on trial in Ponta Delgada and given 11 years for drug-trafficking, the use of a false identity and escaping from prison. The decision was appealed and sent to the courts in Lisbon, which reduced the sentence to 10 years. (The other two yachts that were part of the smuggling operation, the Lorena and the Julia, were impounded in July 2001 in Spain by the Spanish police.) the Caribbean-Azores route is now a mainstay of international drug trafficking where cargo is usually transferred to fishing vessels or speedboats for shipment to mainland Portugal or Spain a catamaran sailing under a French flag was impounded near the Azorean island of Faial with 840kg of cocaine on board After the methadone truck left for its next stop I took a drive along the island’s northern coast near where Quinci’s yacht had first been sighted My journey cut through towns of whitewashed buildings with terracotta roofs Farmers squelched through the soggy fields while portly Holstein-Friesian cows grazed as I reached the north-eastern tip of the island I saw the Atlantic stretching out to the horizon like a sheet of rippled slate a white sail boat was rocking back and forth in the afternoon swell Follow the Long Read on Twitter at @gdnlongread, and sign up to the long read weekly email here Based on real events, Rabo de Peixe, or Turn of the Tide, in English, is a Portuguese Netflix series that premiered a year ago and became a major success occupying the top 10 of most-watched series Now a second series has been announced – is it worth tuning in to The story of this series is based on true events a huge amount of cocaine washed ashore at the port of Rabo de Peixe leading to high consumption of pure cocaine by the citizens Those who realised that money could be made by selling the product started trafficking the drug and the police had the difficult task of eradicating the drugs and the trafficking besides the main story of Turn of the Tide being very similar to reality the plot created by Augusto Fraga has all the components to make the story addictive Focusing on a group of friends who discovered not only the effects of cocaine but also how it can be profitable Turn of the Tide tells a story about four friends who want to conquer their dreams The narrative of the series flows at the right time making it easy to understand what is happening without having some weird moments in conversations Some people did not like the amount of curse words used as it is quite common to hear younger generations speak that way and a lack of opportunities due to poverty are some of the social issues that are represented in the series Filled with plot twists and even some analysis even though I did not find it was the kind of series that I could binge-watch and see all seven episodes in a day Albano Jerónimo and Maria João Bastos are part of the main cast a poor boy who wishes to move to America and lives with his father Eduardo manages to persuade his friends to start a trafficking network what they were not expecting was that Arruda (Albano Jerónimo) at the same time that the police inspector Frias (Maria João Bastos) would be suspicious of them some of them known to the Portuguese public I must highlight the acting of Albano Jerónimo who had a secondary role as Zé do Frango and Ian offering truth to what is supposed to be fictional All the cast members are known for other roles however they managed to build completely different characters from previous performances Some critics said that the lead actors were very fit for poor people as they probably do not know how much strength fishing requires as both José Condessa and Rodrigo Tomás played fishermen Rafael was a famous football player in the series being poor does not mean that someone cannot practice exercise and eventually grow muscle the second Portuguese Netflix series is a great example of how Portuguese people are great at doing amazing productions even without as much money as international productions Picking some of the great actors from Portugal was definitely a clever choice even though those who are not as famous as others Portugal is a country that stuck to soap operas as the biggest audiovisual productions despite the possible lack of experience with streaming the team managed to make a product that could be easily compared to international series that occupied the Netflix’s top 10 in several countries but too much drone filming and some weird shots during the series but sometimes it was disturbing to see characters' emotions in a weird close-up Rabo de Peixe just proves that Portugal could be producing amazing content if proper investment could be made in culture only because of the drones and weird shots with all this success let’s wait for the second season and let’s hope it can be as good as the first one Deeply in love with music and with a guilty pleasure in criminal cases Santos decided to study Journalism and Communication hoping to combine both passions into writing The journalist is also a passionate traveller who likes to write about other cultures and discover the various hidden gems from Portugal and the world Obrigado Bruno; optimo well wriiten synopsis and critique with your opinion as a journalist Yes you captured the lag parts too with too many drone shots but actually the only small snag in the series It is a fascinating story and the acting is excellent The answer is YES; we want to experience more in Season 2 and for a guy who just moved here from Miami those photgraphy shots were breathtaking as well I can see why tourism has skyrocketed to The Azores; it's stunning I also like that it is based on a true events Portugal has awesome talent and creativity along with high intelligence LISBON - The Netflix fiction series 'Rabo de Peixe' (English title 'The Turn of the Tide') - the first produced in Portugal to make the platform's global top 10 for most-watched series not in English - has been renewed for a second season the streaming platform revealed on Thursday The announcement comes three weeks after the premiere of the first season of the series which is produced by Ukbar Filmes and directed by Augusto Fraga and Patrícia Sequeira having made the top 10 in its first two weeks of being aired laughed and suffered with that group of friends from Rabo de Peixe we promise an exciting and surprising second season," said Fraga a fishing community on the island of São Miguel The action thriller series is loosely based on a real-life event that took place there The seven episodes were shot in several locations on the island of São Miguel - including Rabo de Peixe Furnas and Nordeste - as well as in the mainland Hundreds participate in Rabo de Peixe gathering in SwanseaO JornalSWANSEA - Hundreds of natives and supporters of the town of Rabo de Peixe came together at the Venus de Milo in Swansea on March 16 for the 30th Convívio dos Amigos de Rabo de Peixe-USA Guests of honor were Mayor Alexandre Gaudêncio of Ribeira Grande São Miguel; Pastor Nuno Sousa of the Senhor Bom Jesus Parish of Rabo de Peixe; and Azorean musician Romeu Bairos who portrayed rapper Sandro G in the Netflix series “Turn of the Tide.” READ IN PORTUGUESE: 30º Convívio Anual dos Amigos de Rabo de Peixe-USA reúne centenas de pessoas em MA. Former Amigos de Rabo de Peixe-USA President Domingos Leite and his wife were named “Immigrants of the Year,” while rapper Sandro G was recognized for his accomplishments The event also served to award scholarships to Liliana Melo and Camden Hoyle two local students who trace their roots to Rabo de Peixe The second season of the Portuguese television series "Rabo de Peixe", by Augusto Fraga, is being filmed now according to Netflix but the shooting will take place mainly "in the stunning settings of the Azores" is a production by Ukbar Filmes for Netflix who co-directed the first season with Patrícia Sequeira The story is inspired by a true event that occurred in 2001 when a sailboat sank with half a ton of cocaine on board with the drug washing up on the coast near Rabo de Peixe a story was constructed about four friends who the four friends are played by José Condessa with other names such as Maria João Bastos The narrative of the new season resumes with the return of the character Eduardo (José Condessa) to Rabo de Peixe "The drug he hid is no longer in Uncle Joe's hands but is now controlled by an unexpected enemy triggering a series of events that will test the group's bonds of friendship and loyalty" "Rabo de Peixe" was the second Portuguese fiction series produced for Netflix "Rabo de Peixe" was in the global top ten most-watched series in languages other than English revealing that "Rabo de Peixe" totaled 31.5 million hours of viewing globally in the first half of 2023 a tourist route identifying the main filming locations for the Netflix “Rabo de Peixe” series.    "We are currently uploading some content with some animation so that this itinerary is not monotonous I can say that this tourist itinerary will probably be presented by the end of October" “Rabo de Peixe” is the second Portuguese fiction series produced for Netflix and was directed by Augusto Fraga and Patrícia Sequeira The series arrived on Netflix in May and "given the success it had and the media impact the municipality decided to work on a tourist itinerary so that the guide can also have an impact on the local economy" The story of the series starts from a true event that occurred in 2001 with much of the drug washing up on the coast near Rabo de Peixe a fiction was constructed about four friends who and about a police investigation surrounding that wreck “Rabo de Peixe” was one of the ten winning projects in a script competition promoted by Netflix with the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual Netflix announced that the Portuguese series would have a second season “Rabo de Peixe” was in the global ‘top’ of the ten most watched series in languages other than English The Portuguese series "Rabo de Peixe" will arrive in May on Netflix "Rabo de Peixe", directed by Augusto Fraga and Patrícia Sequeira, was one of the ten winning projects of the competition promoted by the Netflix platform with the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual (ICA) which had its purpose to support Portuguese audiovisual production in the context of the covid-19 pandemic "Rabo de Peixe" is the second Portuguese series for Netflix made entirely in Portugal produced by SPi and premiered last November 'Rabo de Peixe' tells the fictional story of four friends who see their lives changed with the arrival of a ton of cocaine on the coast of the small Azorean village Rabo de Peixe The series is a thriller with touches of sarcastic humor and a story based on hope love and the sea that promises to conquer and snatch the audience Portuguese," Netflix said in a statement with the participation of Maria João Bastos "Rabo de Peixe" will also be the first fiction production signed by Augusto Fraga author of films such as "Snu" and "Bem Bom" "It is a great pride to be able to show the Azores to the world telling an incredible story in one of the most special places on the planet This is a series of pure entertainment and adrenaline but at the same time a reflection on the fortune and fatality of the human condition I am very happy to bring this adventure to Netflix," said Augusto Fraga told Lusa The show extracts full value from its locations with scintillating low-flying shots of rugged cliffs turbulent waves crashing on the shore and verdant mountains climbing into the distance under huge claustrophobic village life revolves around a few shops and it’s no wonder that Eduardo (José Condessa) yearns to escape to the USA and build a new life That opportunity unexpectedly presents itself when a yacht, crewed by two low-grade Italian hoodlums ferrying a hoard of cocaine back to their Mafia bosses in Italy is forced to seek refuge in a violent storm Some of the drug packages get washed ashore to be picked up by the flabbergasted locals but some smart thinking by Eduardo leads him to the cave where the mobsters have managed to gather the bulk of their cargo but the missing-cocaine story is the key which Fraga and his co-writers use to unlock the secrets and interconnections of the village The narrative is awash with choices and dilemmas and the tension between the lure of a magic mountain of money and trying to keep a grip on some kind of moral compass is a dominant theme Eduardo has had to drop out of school to become a fisherman since his father Jeremias (Adriano Carvalho pictured above right with Pêpê Rapazote ) is going blind and can’t afford the necessary surgery He’s never recovered from his wife’s early death Eduardo’s close friends are Silvia (Helena Caldeira) a pink-haired wild child who is horrified that her father is the murderous and amoral drug dealer Arruda (Albano Jerónimo is never going to realise his dream of playing for Benfica who has to put up with routine abuse from the locals for his flamboyant gayness The snowdrifts of coke washing around the village are at first a source of hilarity and bouts of irrational exuberance but this much illegal merchandise inevitably causes disastrous structural imbalances within the community Arruda considers himself the local top dog and wants to muscle in on the lucrative action but before long the mainland cops from Lisbon are swarming everywhere led by Inspectora Frias (a wonderfully world-weary performance from Maria João Bastos She knows everybody is lying to her but is finding it hard to crack the villagers’ obstinate stone-walling There’s some comic light relief in the shape of Francesco Bonino (Marcantonio Del Carlo) but the going gets rougher when his mafioso brother-in-law Monti (Italian screen veteran Francesco Acquaroli) flies in to take command of the situation he has a fairy godfather in the shape of his Uncle Joe (Pêpê Rapazote) who’d been enjoying a criminal career in the USA until a judge deported him back to the Azores His history with Eduardo and his father is sad and painful and Joe is living out his days as a virtual hermit but he sees a kind of belated salvation in giving Eduardo a shot at a new life “Get busy living or get busy dying,” he orders Whatever happens next is whatever happens next.. 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And if you're looking for that extra gift for a friend or family member, why not treat them to a theartsdesk.com gift subscription Get a weekly digest of our critical highlights in your inbox each Thursday Simply enter your email address in the box below View previous newsletters The series “Rabo de Peixe” is in seventh place in Netflix’s global top rankings for a series in languages other than English Half of the 10 series that make up the list in the week between May 29 and June 4 is headed by the Colombian series "Perfil Falso" the outstanding leader with more than 76 million hours viewed the first season of “Rabo de Peixe” (“Turn of the Tide” in the English title) only reached the first position in Portugal but was part of the 10 most watched in 15 countries the list is updated on Tuesdays and consists of disclosing the 10 most viewed films and series “These lists are based on the number of hours watched per week: the total number of hours that our members around the world watched each title from Monday to Sunday of the previous week” directed by Augusto Fraga and Patrícia Sequeira was one of the 10 winning projects in the competition promoted by the Netflix platform with the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA) which had as its purpose to support Portuguese audiovisual production in the context of the covid-19 pandemic “Rabo de Peixe” is the second Portuguese series for Netflix made entirely in Portugal 'Rabo de Peixe' tells the fictional story of four friends who see their lives change with the arrival of a ton of cocaine on the coast of the small Azorean village Rabo de Peixe The series is a thriller with touches of humour and is a story based on hope love and the sea that promises to conquer and enrapture the Portuguese public” Even though the second season of the Portuguese series Rabo de Peixe has not yet premiered Netflix has just announced an action-packed third installment In a statement sent to Lisboa Secreta, it can be read that the second Portuguese series on Netflix has finished filming its second season and has also filmed a third season. Produced by Ukbar Filmes, created by Augusto Fraga and written by Augusto Fraga, Hugo Gonçalves and Tiago R. Santos, the second and third seasons promise more thrills and twists. We all still remember the success of the first season, both in Portugal and abroad, of what is already considered to be one of the most fast-paced and adrenaline-pumping series, ingredients that, as everyone involved in the creation and production of Rabo de Peixe guarantees, will remain high, with Eduardo and his friends facing new adventures. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Netflix Portugal (@netflixpt) The second season begins three months after the departure of Eduardo (José Condessa) who returns to find a totally different reality with the drug now in the hands of another villain who will test the friendship and loyalty of the four Azorean friends as well as the return of Maria João Bastos We have yet to find out what the premiere date will be for both seasons whether they will be shown simultaneously or one at a time Os leitores são a força e a vida dos jornais. Contamos com o seu apoio, assine Os leitores são a força e a vida do PÚBLICO No festival Walk&Talk a cultura e os saberes da população dos Açores atribuem sentido às visões artísticas contemporâneas sentiam que a arte contemporânea estava dissociada da vida na região Se as pessoas não tinham curiosidade por arte talvez se levassem directamente a arte até elas a sua sensibilidade se transformasse Nos primeiros anos o Walk&Talk ganhou visibilidade pelos convites a artistas que transformaram a região de Ponta Delgada Hoje qualquer pessoa visita a área e descobre um circuito de arte pública Mas o acontecimento não podia ficar por ali Havia que envolver mais a comunidade e fazer participar os que vêm de fora (artistas fazendo sobressair a cultura e a memória como projecção de futuro o papel das relações de proximidade o ambiente de autenticidade ou o saber expresso em técnicas que se foram tornando raras.  Percebe que o futuro se cria com histórias de vida presença habitual no festival desde o início No ano passado tinha estado em Rabo de Peixe retratando-os e criando a partir daí uma série de murais Este ano fomos encontrá-lo num estaleiro a criar uma peça a partir de um barco que ia para abate lá temos inscrita a memória do lugar da existência do próprio barco e das muitas pessoas que com ele foram lidando “Parte deste trabalho é a continuação do que havia feito no ano passado numa homenagem à vida de alguns pessoas desta comunidade de pescadores só que desta vez a partir da intervenção neste barco que tem mais de 50 anos” trata-se de tornar visível o invisível criando ao mesmo tempo uma ligação com o imaginário da área de Rabo de Peixe.” Não muito longe, na povoação de Lagoa, encontra-se um magnífico mural de grande escala concebido pelo artista sul-africano Ricky Gordon, mais conhecido por Freddy Sam no seu trabalho existe uma orientação de cariz social não surpreendendo que o conhecimento da população local onde vai intervir seja uma preocupação central acabou por ser acolhido por Graça Rebelo uma empregada doméstica que partilha a sua habitação com mais sete pessoas servindo de inspiração para o mural que envolve a localidade.    Gordon imaginava que lhe iriam contar histórias românticas sobre a vida no mar e a relação com a natureza A ligação deles com o mar não era idealizada Apenas quando percebeu o nome da rua – Solidariedade – onde se situava o muro que lhe haviam destinado se fez luz E foi assim que representou Rodrigo e João com uma linha dourada a simbolizar a comunhão na comunidade de Lagoa “Este mural é uma homenagem à beleza e à solidariedade desta comunidade” Durante uma semana foi visita diária em casa de Graça Rebelo Apesar de Graça não falar inglês isso não inviabilizou a comunicação Fez-lhe comida vegetariana todos os dias e “Quando começou a pintar o muro a população estava toda calada nem todos têm os filhos numa pintura.”   que não assistiu ao processo de feitura do mural porque tinha o mar à sua espera todos os dias mas percebe-se o regozijo no olhar. “Eu sou aquele que na pintura está a olhar para cima." enquanto dava os últimos retoques nas formas geométricas do seu mural. A sua actividade é multifacetada (pintura sendo os murais apenas uma das suas vertentes “Na minha actividade o vídeo é muito importante sendo os murais a representação gráfica das interacções que estabeleço durante o processo de criação” esteve a viajar de carro e a filmar nos EUA durante 40 dias preparando um documentário para apresentar em Dezembro na feira de arte Basel também vão constar desse documentário e a obra que agora completa é uma alusão ao arquipélago “No meio estão as nove ilhas” “ladeadas pela Europa e pela América do Norte Os Açores interessam-me porque são uma espécie de centro do mundo e um local meio perdido no meio do oceano” explicitando que “as formas circulares” estão sempre presentes nas suas peças E a relação com a comunidade também “Os Açores têm uma forte relação com a América por isso interessa-me perceber nas conversas com as pessoas o que significa a América para elas.” Quem conheceu muitos açorianos durante a sua residência foi o bailarino e coreógrafo Luís Guerra que ali criou o espectáculo Espectro com o Núcleo de Artes Performativas Desde Maio do ano passado foram 73 encontros Na conversa pública sobre o projecto esclareceu que o mesmo se chama Colecção de Amantes e que a ideia surgiu no contexto de uma tese de mestrado que está a desenvolver da qual resultará um espectáculo a apresentar em Setembro no Teatro Nacional D no Rio de Janeiro. Como em muitos outros trabalhos artísticos contemporâneos no coração da zona histórica de Ponta Delgada onde durante a noite se sociabiliza e decorrem apresentações sessões DJ ou a maior parte dos concertos Foi aí que vimos as americanas THEESatisfaction,  pelos caminhos do hip-hop futurista ou o projecto de paisagens digitais Raw Forest embora Tó Trips tenha apresentado a tranquilidade acústica da sua música no espaço Arco 8 É também na galeria que está patente a exposição colectiva Gente Feliz com Lágrimas com curadoria de João Pedro Vale e Nuno Alexandre Ferreira; e onde durante o dia decorrem residências coordenada pelo designer Miguel Flor.   “Era uma coisa que queria fazer há algum tempo esse cruzamento entre designers e artesãos” explicitando que o desafio foi endereçado desta vez aos designers Júlio Dolbeth que se juntaram "aos repetentes Rui Freitas e Carolina Brito”.  “Eles definiram o que queriam fazer e quando chegaram aqui já havia ideias sobre o que iríamos desenvolver O Rui criou uma gambiarra em vime com a ajuda do artesão; a Carolina criou mochilas de vime e tecido; o Júlio criou registos com aplicações de escamas de peixes; a Susana que já operava com materiais tradicionais aqui veio trabalhar com a Dona Fátima em bordados; e a Célia criou tapetes com a ajuda de quatro tecedeiras daqui.” Na criação de todas as peças imaginadas pelos designers que no futuro próximo serão comercializadas pela marca ByWalk&Talk “O Senhor João é incrível” afirmando que vê-lo trabalhar é um acontecimento “Às vezes parece um bailarino a agarrar o vime com os pés.”  porque se trocam impressões sobre várias artes e eu “Às vezes vêm-me com ideias e eu digo-lhes: ‘isso não vai dar certo com o vime’ mas vou para casa a pensar e no dia seguinte digo-lhes que que um dos seus filhos “talvez venha a seguir” já não é muito comum na ilha Mas nas residências artísticas revela-se essencial aprendeu a trabalhar o vime com ele e o projecto que criou incluiu uma peça desse material dentro da qual pôs garrafas que encheu com o seu próprio ar; atirou-as depois ao mar Chamou à operação artística Volta a Vir porque no seu projecto o que conta é o processo e a forma como se vão congregando diversas pessoas à sua volta nestas dinâmicas onde estão inseridos agentes com níveis de leitura diferenciados sobre a arte contemporânea Mas a beleza também reside na hipótese de fazer acontecer diálogo entre diferentes O arquitecto Nuno Paiva viu a sua rede espelhada ser apreendida pela Polícia Marítima por desencontros de comunicação entre autoridades que dificulta a passagem dos transeuntes numa artéria estreita foi encostada a um canto pelos comerciantes Miguel Januário (±MaisMenos±) foi alvo de comentários mais intempestivos quando se pôs a andar no meio do trânsito com a sua singular bicicleta com altifalante E nem todos gostaram de ver o mural florido do argentino Pastel ser concretizado  sobre a obra dos Arm Collective que ali estava desde 2011 É isso que se sente quando se entra na Tipografia Micaelense onde os designers Nuno Coelho e Nuno Neves desenvolveram um projecto de comunicação e criação de embalagens para o chá da fábrica Gorreana A ideia começou a ser desenvolvida em Maio que “sabia serem únicas na Europa e um autêntico museu vivo porque ainda são utilizados métodos tradicionais” Nesse primeiro embate não ficou convencido com o que encontrou ao nível da comunicação visual sentindo que não traduziam a experiência a história e o legado da fábrica e do chá Mergulhou em arquivos e descobriu rótulos e algumas publicidades antigas que lhe interessaram Foi a partir daí que foram concebidas as novas imagens com a ajuda do tipógrafo Dinis Botelho que utilizou técnicas já em desuso envolvida pelas verdejantes plantações de chá lá estavam as embalagens contemporâneas simples e ao mesmo tempo comunicando um saber de muitos anos feitas a partir de imagens resgatadas ao passado e recorrendo a processos tipográficos recuperados.  Duas funcionárias da fábrica tratavam de armazenar o chá nas novas embalagens enquanto à volta turistas mostravam curiosidade Interrogavam-se sobre como a comunidade local integrava aquelas experiências na sua vida Não muito longe estava o paradisíaco Vale das Furnas envolvidos por saberes antigos que atribuem sentido a visões contemporâneas num diálogo dinâmico entre diferentes pessoas Com uma assinatura PÚBLICO tem acesso ilimitado a todos os conteúdos e cancela quando quiser Escolha um dos seguintes tópicos para criar um grupo no Fórum Público tornar-se-à administrador e será responsável pela moderação desse grupo Os jornalistas do PÚBLICO poderão sempre intervir Saiba mais sobre o Fórum Público receberá um email sempre que forem feitas novas publicações neste grupo de discussão Estes são os autores e tópicos que escolheu seguir Pode activar ou desactivar as notificações Receba notificações quando publicamos um texto deste autor ou sobre os temas deste artigo Filming on both new seasons have wrapped with a release date likely imminent Turn of the Tide fans are getting a double dose of good news Following its season 2 renewal in June 2023 Netflix today announced that filming has now wrapped on both season 2 and a third season of the Portuguese drama The show follows four friends whose lives change dramatically following their discovery of a shipment of cocaine.  The early renewal comes as a vote of confidence, with production taking place back-to-back in the new season. Looking at the Netflix top 10 performance of the show in addition to newly released engagement report data we know the show only actually spent two weeks in the global top 10 amassing 19.89 million viewing hours following its release on May 26th we know it picked up over 40 million viewing hours Plans for season 3 of the show were unveiled to journalists (including myself) over the summer during a Tres Cantos visit earlier this year we saw several shows in production and heard about future plans from Netflix Spain and Portugal we couldn’t talk about anything publicly until now teased that more was on the way and that they were filming in a new location for future seasons and Pepê Rapazote are all returning for season 2 while the new seasons will also introduce José Raposo There is no release date for season 2 of the show just yet although Netflix has now provided an updated synopsis for the series: “In the second season The drugs he hid are no longer in Uncle Joe’s hands but are now controlled by an unexpected enemy triggering a series of events that will test the group’s bonds of friendship and loyalty.” Are you excited for seasons 2 and 3 of Turn of the Tides on Netflix Kasey Moore is the founder and editor-in-chief of What's on Netflix the leading independent resource covering Netflix with over a decade of hands-on experience tracking Netflix’s new releases His reporting and data insights have been featured in leading publications including Variety K-Dramas New ‘Squid Game’ Season 3 Teaser and First Looks Drop; Teases First New Game Coming Soon to Netflix What’s Coming to Netflix This Week: May 5th to 11th, 2025 Netflix News Netflix Developing Sam Bankman-Fried FTX Biopic Series With Oscar-Winning Writer Graham Moore What's New on Netflix New Movies & Series on Netflix This Week & Top 10s: May 2nd, 2025 Stranger Things Season 5: What You Need To Know About The Final Season & TUDUM Details Leaving Soon from Netflix What’s Leaving Netflix in June 2025 WWE / Coming Soon to Netflix WWE RAW, SmackDown, NXT Netflix Live Schedule for June 2025 Netflix News / What To Watch on Netflix Emmys 2025: All the Netflix Series and Film Hopefuls Tom Segura’s ‘Bad Thoughts’ on Netflix: May 2025 Release & What We Know What To Watch on Netflix The 10 Best Original Sitcoms on Netflix in 2025 What’s Coming to Netflix in May 2025 Netflix Renewals 2025: Every Show Coming Back For New Seasons What's New on Netflix United Kingdom (UK) What’s New on Netflix UK This Week: Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’, ‘Mean Girls’ & ‘Black Adam’ All 145 Movies and TV Series Blocked On Netflix’s Advertising Tier (May 2025) Was ‘Spellbound’ a Disappointment For Netflix And Is ‘Cocomelon’ Losing Its Crown? Turn of the Tide (Rabo de Peixe for Portuguese speakers) will be back for more on Netflix with a season 2 order being announced today by Netflix Portugal.  Loosely based on a true story, Turn of the Tide dropped on Netflix globally in the May 2023 lineup with all seven episodes arriving on May 26th the show follows a man called Eduardo who sees an opportunity to make lots of money after a boat loaded full of drugs washes up on his home island The show’s vast cast includes José Condessa In a statement provided to outlets in Portugal Augusto Fraga said (translated from Portuguese): “Eduardo’s story couldn’t end like this laughed and suffered with that group of friends from ‘Rabo de Peixe’ we promise an exciting and surprising second season in the rest of the country and far beyond our borders Portuguese talent will fill Netflix screens around the world,” Was Turn of the Tide a local hit or a global hit the answer looks to skew local but that’s not to say that the show didn’t break out at all in other countries Thus far, the show has featured in the Netflix global top 10s for two weeks although it looks like it may drop out for the week ending June 18th: which looks at the daily top 10 movies and series of 89 countries around the globe shows that the show performed best in Portugal (it’s featured for 19 days and counting) and also done well in other European territories such as Spain and Italy While it has been featured in the top 10 in Latin American countries such as Brazil FlixPatrol popularity heat map for Turn of the Tide Turn of the Tide is one of five major renewals this week, along with others, including Physical: 100, XO, Kitty, Blood & Water, and Fake Profile For the full list of shows Netflix has renewed for another season, check out our renewed Netflix series guide Are you looking forward to another Turn of the Tide season on Netflix 'Turn of the Tide' Netflix's new Portuguese action thriller series is coming in May 2023 Turn of the Tide – UKbar Filmes / Netflix Coming to Netflix in May 2023 is an exciting new Portuguese action-thriller We’re keeping track of everything you need to know about Turn of the Tide Turn of the Tide is an upcoming Portuguese Netflix Original action thriller series created by Augusto Fraga and produced by the Lisbon-based studio Ukbar Filmes The series is co-written by Fraga alongside Hugo Gonçalves andJoão Tordo Fraga is also an executive producer on the series along with Pandora da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola Pedro Marques composed the music for the series with André Szankowski as the cinematographer The synopsis for Turn of the Tide has been sourced from Netflix: Rabo de Peixe tells the story of 5 friends whose lives change when a ton of cocaine washes up on the Azorean coast The following are lead and supporting cast members of Turn of the Tide; You can find the full cast list for Turn of the Tide on IMDb; Filming took place between May 19th, 2022, and September 6th, 2022 Locations that were used for filming have been listed by IMDb Pro: When the series was first announced Netflix Portugal released a video featuring some of the cast We can confirm that there will be a total of 7 episodes We also have the translated titles for each episode; Are you looking forward to watching Turn of the Tide on Netflix Jacob Robinson is a seasoned entertainment journalist who joined What’s on Netflix seven years ago in 2018 Jacob brings a diverse perspective to streaming coverage He specializes in tracking Netflix's expanding library of anime and K-dramas in addition to other TV and movie coverage in addition providing in-depth analysis The plot of Netflix’s drug-fueled Turn of The Tide might feel unbelievable to those watching the show, but it actually did take place in the São Miguel island of the Azores in Portugal 22 years ago. The main characters are fictional but a lot of the details in their story borrow from the real-life events of that fateful day of 6 “local officers had registered some 270 packages of uncut cocaine weighing 290kg.” More stacks of the white powder followed in the subsequent weeks but not everyone was as law-abiding as that first bystander Drug traffic and consumption increased in São Miguel those who had been born with nothing became Even a now-former police officer helped out are now wearing a suit and tie,” one man told the outlet He also shared his personal experience with the drug saying that before he and his friends knew what it was they had used it to mark the limits of a soccer field There are also tales about people mistaking it for flour or sugar as a woman coats fish with it for her lunch and men use it for their coffee He was found hiding out in the shed of a local drug dealer’s home that he the man who the community nicknamed “the Italian” were never in cahoots his admiration for Quinci is represented by a wooden boat that hangs off his kitchen wall Quinci reportedly arrived at this man’s house on the day of his son’s baptism Couto told The Guardian that he was never paid anything for offering shelter The police say finding Quinci was “the biggest stroke of luck” — they had gone into Couto’s house to search for drugs making it to Netflix’s Top 10 in 35 countries