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Release year: 2023

Storyline

Set in an alternate New York City, a father and husband searches through a magical world for his abducted son and missing wife.

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Cast

LaKeith Stanfield — Apollo
Victor LaValle — Narrator
Clark Backo — Emma
Adina Porter — Lillian

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Did you know

• The string that grants 3 wishes once it falls off is actually based on a real Brazilian tradition, just not as creepy. There's a popular church in Salvador, Bahia that people visit from all over and they sell colorful ribbons that say "Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim da Bahia" (Remembrance of the Lord of Bonfim of Bahia). The tradition is to have someone tie the ribbon around your wrist, making three knots and with each knot you make a wish. People will wear it until it gets really old and falls off by itself, which is how your wish comes true! You're not supposed to cut it off either, like the trailer describes.

• No character appears in every episode.

• The plot of the series resembles that of a Brazilian movie, Orfeu do Carnaval. Given the heavy Brazilian lore in the story, it's possible the movie (in both its versions; one in the 60s, and one in the 90s) served as inspiration to the show.