The Second Mother
Director: Anna Muylaert
Cast: Bete Dorgam, Camila Márdila, Helena Albergaria, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Luis Miranda, Michel Joelsas, Regina Casé
Synopsis:
Cast: Bete Dorgam, Camila Márdila, Helena Albergaria, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Luis Miranda, Michel Joelsas, Regina Casé
Synopsis:
After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinhos university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Vals routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.
MRQE Metric: 77
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