Beyond the Universe (2022 film)

Talented pianist Nina Soares has been playing since she was eight, and wanting to become part of a symphany orchestra since she was 13. At an important recital at that age she collapses, and is soon diagnosed with lupus.

As a young adult, Nina discovers the lupus has damaged her kidneys so severely they are working at less than 10%, so is put on a kidney donor list and must undergo four hours of dialysis three times a week at the hospital. There are over 14,000 people before her on the list.

After a month, Nina is scheduled to start dialysis. In the morning newspaper, she is excited to see the São Paolo Symphany Orchestra is seeking a piano soloist. After teaching a lesson at the music conservatory, Nina asks the director if she can stay after hours to prepare the audition. She warily OKs her request, warning her it's under the condition that her work not suffer.

At the train station near the hospital, Nina stops to play on the piano there. Gabriel passes through on his bike and, distracted by her and her playing, crashes into the piano. Unimpressed, Nina stops playing and heads to the hospital.

Gabriel is a resident doctor at Nina's hospital. There, he goes out of his way to please the patients, getting them simple pleasures like special treats which might be considered contraband. Gabriel and fellow resident Yuri compare notes on their crushes, one a chance encounter in the station and the other through an app.

The next day Nina discovers Gabriel is on her medical team, and she is surprised by the strong connection they have. Initially she has a negative view of the world, but he insists she keep fighting. Gabriel finds her a piano to practise on when the conservatory fires her, then rushes her across town to get her into the auditions.

Hospital director Doctor Alberto calls Gabriel into his office, warning him about his hippocratic oath due to his closeness to Nina. The young adults end up making a trade, he teaches her to cycle while she teaches him to play piano, afterwards they go dancing and kiss.

During her long dialysis sessions, Nina gets to know Amanda who's under the same treatment. An optimist, she attributes her daughter for her attitude. Seeing the chemistry between Nina and Gabriel, she predicts her young friend's outlook might be improving.

Although the pain from the lupus makes her hands ache, Nina practises through the pain and gets to the first audition. Initially pausing after a shooting pain, she powers through and earns the right to pass to the second round. Gabriel invites Nina to a celebratory dinner.

Yuri, also Gabriel's roommate, preps dinner. His love interest Tulio arrives before Nina, and he mildly irritates Gabriel, who gets the others to leave so he can be alone with Nina. She spends the night, and in the morning he tells her about a hike he does annually in honor of his mother, his inspiration who died of cancer when he was 13.

Before Nina's second audition, Alberto asks Gabriel to confirm if he really got tested to be her kidney donor, again warning him he's putting his residency at risk. Gabriel tells her of his incompatibility to give her a kidney, but she's grateful he offered. Unexpectedly having to do clinic hours on Nina's audition day, Gabriel crashes his bike just before arriving, just as she collapses at the piano.

Nina wakes three days later in the hospital

  will help her overcome her insecurities as she struggles to play on stage with a major São Paulo orchestra.

• Giulia Be as Nina Soares
• Henry Zaga as Gabriel
• Othon Bastos as Joaquim Soares.
• Viviane Araújo as Amanda.
• Leo Bahia as Yuri
• João Miguel as Alberto
• Denise Del Vecchio as Emília Borba
• Isabel Fillardis as Doctor Simone
• Rita Assemany as Raimunda
• Adriana Lessa as Lurdes
• Chan Suan como as Huang
• Giselle Prattes as Bianca
• Guilherme Rodio as Eduardo
• Luiza Dantas as Lara
• Matheus Ribeiro as Túlio
• Sérgio Menezes as Doctor Antônio Borges

The film was released on Netflix on October 27, 2022. Immediately, the movie gained a lot of traction on the platform, reaching a place among the most watched in several countries. In Brazil, it was in the top 10 in its opening week and remained there for eight weeks.[1][2]