The Second Mother (2015)1h52
Drama
Director Anna Muylaert
Also directed Don't Call Me Son, Durval Discos, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, and 12 more
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 Fabinho’s 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 Val’s 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.
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Cast
Regina Casé
Camila Márdila
Karine Teles
Lourenço Mutarelli
Michel Joelsas
Helena Albergaria
Bete Dorgam
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