Especial Porta dos Fundos: O Espírito do Natal (2022)
Especial Porta dos Fundos: O Espírito do Natal
”Five friends spend Christmas in a secluded place, but a mysterious invader dressed in red is killed, and strange things happen.”
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Every year, the Porta dos Fundos crew produces their Christmas special on Paramount+. Until 2021, all of them were of a religious tone, always in parody format, upsetting those more aggressive believers. In 2022, however, Porta changed the tone a bit. In "The Spirit of Christmas", the cast (Fábio Porchat, Antonio Tabet and other names) make a real terror - a mix of comedy and horror - about this so-called "Christmas spirit". It's fun and shows that the group of comedians knows how to make fun at Christmas beyond this religious parody.
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Five friends who hate Christmas decide to spend the holidays in a secluded place, but when one of them kills a mysterious invader, dressed in red, on Christmas Eve, strange things happen.
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