“The Outlaws” offers an alternative history, set in Portugal in the 1980s, where a dystopian dictatorship has taken over much of the world after World War II. Director and writer Bruno Gascon, along with lead actor Tomás Alves, sat down with Variety to speak about the six-part miniseries at the Italian Global Series Festival in Rimini where the show had its world premiere.
In “The Outlaws,” a carpenter, Mario, played by Alves, resists the regime by helping fugitives escape the system at great danger to himself.
“It comes from the idea that the world is changing and history repeats itself,” Gascon said. “I wanted to create a story that actually talked about what happened in history before and what is going on right now in the whole world, and draw parallels between the past and the present. Our characters live in a dystopian world where you can see what happens...
In “The Outlaws,” a carpenter, Mario, played by Alves, resists the regime by helping fugitives escape the system at great danger to himself.
“It comes from the idea that the world is changing and history repeats itself,” Gascon said. “I wanted to create a story that actually talked about what happened in history before and what is going on right now in the whole world, and draw parallels between the past and the present. Our characters live in a dystopian world where you can see what happens...
- 6/27/2025
- by John Bleasdale
- Variety Film + TV
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