MovieChildhood
2014 · Released · 84 min
The film uses delicacy and humor to describe the authoritarian functioning of a typically Brazilian 1950 family in Rio de Janeiro. The family is headed by a matriarch anxiously waiting for the night to hear Carlos Lacerda. The intense emotional plot highlights the absurdity of the characters' behavior.
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Dona Mocinha
Raul Guaraná
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Priscilla Rozenbaum
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Henrique
Ricardo Kosovski
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Nanda Costa
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Maria Flor
Adalgisa
Lucca Valor
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Fernando Gomes
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José Roberto Oliveira
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Renata Paschoal
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