Development The director Heitor Dhalia said to
UOL that
Serra Pelada was the hardest movie he ever made. "When I had the idea of the film, I thought: ' why had nobody thought of doing this movie before? ' And when I was filming I understood why. It was almost impossible to be done. It was very complex. It was the hardest film I've ever done".
Filming The film was going to be shot in
Pará, but ended up being filmed in
Paulínia,
São Paulo, after
Vale and the Amazonian State Government denied support for the production. The producer Tatiana Quintella confirmed that Vale vetoed the filming in Pará, but explained that running the production there would have been unworkable. "We had no budget for the logistics and security of our team. So we decided to shoot the film in São Paulo". ==References==