O Hipnotizador: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This is the story of Arenas, a hypnotist who can put people into a trance and make them reveal their innermost secrets. He is a man of mystery, lonely and isolated, who suffers from perpetual insomnia, behind which lies a great secret. Arenas finds it easier to deal with other people's problems than his own, In order to get to sleep he has to meet with Darek, a hypnotist who has given him insomnia. In the battle between the two, each has his own allies. Arenas has Salinero and Anita, Darek has Castor, a watch repairer, who dreams of founding a major institute of hypnotherapy. The eight episode series, the Hypnotist, is based on a comic book history by Argentine Pablo de Santis, illustrated by Juan Sáenz Valiente.

Series details

• Title: O Hipnotizador
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Portuguese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2015-08-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: Brazil
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5687
• IMDb ID: tt4905820
• TVDB ID: 299787

Cast and credited roles

• Chico Diaz — Darek
• Leonardo Sbaraglia — Arenas

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-08-23; final listed air date 2015-10-11; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-10-29; final listed air date 2017-12-17; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

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