AFTER TEN O’CLOCK | Cinematic Series | Episode 1 — Opening More episodes coming soon.

https://youtu.be/wuK6hzodQTk

DEPOIS DAS DEZ (After Ten O’Clock) is an original Brazilian mystery-thriller series from Beriky Studios, written and directed by filmmaker Mohamed Beriky, and created using Seedance 2.0 through CapCut Video Studio. Developed with the cinematic language and production ambition of a premium drama series, it combines police investigation, rural folklore, and social tension. The series set between Salvador and a remote fictional village in the state of Bahia, Brazil, the series gradually connects an unsettling local legend with a contemporary criminal investigation. This Episode 1, is designed to function simultaneously as the first narrative chapter and as the cinematic opening of the series. It introduces the remote village at night while establishing the genre, tone, central themes, visual language, and atmosphere that will define the story ahead. As residents close their windows and turn off their lights, Padre Antônio walks through the deserted streets toward an old well associated with a feared local legend. His journey gradually introduces the geography of the village, its people, its rituals of fear, and the mythology surrounding the well. The episode also incorporates the series’ opening titles and principal creative credits into this cinematic introduction, allowing the audience to enter the world of DEPOIS DAS DEZ before the central investigation begins. It ends with Padre Antônio’s encounter with Seu Amaro, creating the first note of human tension and positioning Seu Amaro as someone the audience may want to observe more closely. The series is structured as a gradually unfolding mystery. From the following episodes onward, new layers of the village, its inhabitants, the investigation, and the history behind the local legend are progressively revealed, alongside the personal histories of the central characters. The audience is kept suspended between supernatural suspicion and human explanation, while seemingly minor visual and behavioral details acquire new meaning as the story develops. The intention is not to rely on conventional horror, but to build tension through atmosphere, silence, behavior, investigative detail, character relationships, and the gradual collision between folklore and reality.