Brazil Builds on ‘Under Pressure’ Procedural Fever With ‘Suture’ Even if Exec Laments Gone Days of Long-Running Seasons

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Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor The raving success of Globoplay’s medical drama “Under Pressure” — which ran for five heavily acclaimed seasons between 2017 and 2022 — was bound to see Brazil firmly step into procedurals, and Amazon Prime Video’s “Suture” is proof of just that.

The eight-episode series, selected as part of the Berlinale Series Market Selects, follows gifted medical student Ícaro (Humberto Morais) and surgeon Mancini (Claudia Abreu) as the duo is forced to work for a criminal organization as their underground medical support team.

Co-produced by Brazil’s Boutique Filmes and Miami-based production and distribution banner Spiral International, “Suture” aired on Amazon Prime Video at the tail end of 2024.

The medical procedure is the latest co-production between Boutique Filmes and Spiral International, who also worked together on “Falco” and “Negociador.” Speaking with Variety ahead of Berlin, Spiral International CEO Zasha Robles — who signs as a showrunner and executive producer of “Suture” — says he and his team were “enthused” when they first came across “Suture” as they were actively looking for a procedural.