In September 2014, film director João Botelho released the film "Os Maias" based on the novel with the same name "Os Maias". The film cost a million and a half euros, having €600,000 from the Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual (ICA), €170,000 from Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, €120,000 from Agência Nacional do Cinema (Ancine, the Brazilian akin from ICA), and a good part from Montepio Geral, as well as the purchase by RTP of the rights for the mini-series. The filming happened between October 14 and December 22 in 2013, and was shot in Ponte de Lima, Celorico de Basto, Guimarães and Lisbon. The mini-series was broadcast on December 28 and 29, 2015, divided into four episodes.