Director: Maurício Eça
The Park Maniac dramatizes one of Brazil's most notorious criminal investigations, following the collision between a man who attacked women across the city in the 1990s and the reporter determined to expose him.
What is The Park Maniac about?
Set in São Paulo during the 1990s, the film follows a young journalist chasing the story that could define her career: a string of attacks that has left women across the city on edge. As she digs deeper into police files and witness accounts, her path crosses with the man responsible, and the case turns into as much a psychological reckoning as an investigation. Director Maurício Eça builds the film around procedural tension rather than graphic violence, focusing on the toll the pursuit takes on the people chasing answers.
Cast & crew
Giovanna Grigio leads as the journalist, with Silvero Pereira, Bruno Garcia, Christian Malheiros, Xamã, Bruna Mascarenhas, Mel Lisboa, and Augusto Madeira rounding out a supporting cast of investigators, witnesses, and city officials caught up in the case.
Context & significance
The Park Maniac draws on a real criminal case that gripped Brazil, and Eça frames the story with period detail — clothing, newsrooms, and police procedure — that situates the events firmly in the 1990s. Crime dramas built on true events carry a particular weight, and the film leans on that grounding rather than sensationalizing the crimes themselves, keeping its focus on the investigation and its human cost. The newsroom scenes in particular give the film a grounded, working-press texture that distinguishes it from more stylized true-crime retellings.
Where & how to watch
The Park Maniac streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing, part of a library built for Persian-speaking audiences worldwide. Reading about the film here is free and open to everyone; watching it requires only a quick K-Time account login, after which the Farsi-dubbed version is ready to play from the film's page.