Cyclone

Dec 4, 2025

1h 40m

★ 0.0

Overview

Dayse, a Brazilian playwright known as Cyclone, wants to study in Paris. Having a career in theater is unthinkable for a woman in São Paulo in 1918. But her director doesn’t want her to go, as he would lose his mistress and ghostwriter. When she becomes pregnant by him, her dream starts to fade. An artist’s struggle for self-determination in a patriarchal society, based on the true story of Daisy Pontes and modernist Oswald de Andrade.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Mar Filmes

Muiraquitã Filmes

VideoFilmes

Claro

Cyclone Trailers

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Cast

Daise Castro

Luíza Mariani

Heitor Gamba

Eduardo Moscovis

Marie

Karine Teles

Lia

Luciana Paes

Ada

Magali Biff

Paco

Ricardo Teodoro

Tatiana

Helena Albergaria

Rodrigues

Rogério Brito

Angela Ribeiro

Bárbara Salomé

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