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Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives (HBO)
13+
2025
Documentaries

Suffering in Paradise

Season 1, Episode 1

: In 1998, Paloma, Silvana, Meire, and Maria Lúcia find that they fell victims of placebos distributed as contraceptives. Amidst pregnancies and social prejudices, their stories reveal the beginnings of one of Brazil's biggest scandals.

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Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives (HBO)
13+
2025
Documentaries

Suffering in Paradise

Season 1, Episode 1

: In 1998, Paloma, Silvana, Meire, and Maria Lúcia find that they fell victims of placebos distributed as contraceptives. Amidst pregnancies and social prejudices, their stories reveal the beginnings of one of Brazil's biggest scandals.

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Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives (HBO)
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Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives (HBO)

In 1998, a defect in Brazil's best-selling contraceptive left hundreds of women pregnant. Featuring testimonies from the victims, this docuseries revisits the courage of those who faced prejudice, health problems, and an indifferent system.

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Suffering in Paradise
1. Suffering in Paradise

1998. An error in Brazil's most widely used contraceptive led to hundreds of unp...

Season 1, Episode 1 - Suffering in Paradise

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2025

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