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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sao Paulo, Brazil – 29 October 2024
1. Various of a beige puppy sitting during the shot of a scene from Netflix’s “Caramelo”
2. Dog trainer calling the dog to follow him as a delivery person pedals on his bicycle
3. Various of director of Netflix’s movie “Caramelo,” Diego Freitas, posing for pictures surrounded by caramel-colored puppies
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Diego Freitas, director of Netflix’s movie “Caramelo:
“I think Caramelo is the most famous dog in Brazil today, he’s the dog that everyone loves, that everyone connects with and the movie talks a lot about adoption. There are a lot of abandoned caramels in the country, a lot of caramels in shelters, and that was the first start for us to think about this story.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 12 December 2024
5. Rosana Guerra, the president of nonprofit shelter “Indefesos”, surrounded by dogs
6. Various of dogs in shelter
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Rosana Guerra, president of nonprofit shelter “Indefesos”:
“When a litter of caramel-color puppies arrives, we rush to send them for adoption. It’s absurd. We rush because we know the animal, when it grows up, will never have the chance of a home. It’s very sad, very sad.”
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 28 November 2024
8. Various of female tailors churning out strips of fabric for dozens of towering caramelo costumes
9. Sao Clemente workshop director Roberto Gomes, checking caramel costume
10. Caramel giant foam head
11. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Roberto Gomes, Sao Clemente workshop director:
“Caramel really is the cute, cuddly puppy. It’s a breed of dog that’s "guti guti," a puppy that’s always funny, so he’s always in our hearts. So, we thought we’d make him our theme, (adding him) at the beginning of the parade, and we’ll end with him at the end, next to Saint Francis, who is the religious protector of animals."
12. Various of people working on samba school costumes
STORYLINE:
For decades, they have scrounged for food on streets across the country — undesired, abandoned and overlooked, but today, the caramel-colored mutts of Brazil are having a major moment.
The “vira-lata caramelo” (literally: caramel dumpster) is being exalted in memes, videos, petitions, an upcoming Netflix film, a Carnival parade and draft legislation to honor it as part of Brazilian culture.
Caramelos’ newfound cachet speaks to the value of resilience in Brazil — a melting pot of 213 million people known for weathering hard knocks with a smile — and inverts its supposed “mongrel complex.”
Writer Nelson Rodrigues coined the now-infamous term “mongrel complex” after the national soccer team’s humiliating World Cup defeat in 1950, aiming to encapsulate what he perceived as Brazil’s sense of inferiority compared to other nations.
Today, many see Brazil’s mixed roots — immigrants, Indigenous and enslaved people — as a source of pride.
A scene from Netflix’s “Caramelo” shot in October featured a beige puppy sitting beside a river in Sao Paulo watching picture-perfect families pass with their impeccable purebreds.
At the director of photography’s signal, a delivery boy cycled pass, and the plucky mutt gave chase, following the scent of pizza and seeking a way to get by.
“I think Caramelo is the most famous dog in Brazil today, he’s the dog that everyone loves, that everyone connects with and the movie talks a lot about adoption,” said Diego Freitas, the film’s director and co-writer after the day’s shooting.
Caramelo puppies are inevitably picked last.
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