What Is It Worth?

May 20, 2005

1h 50m

★ 6.5

A poor in the hand is worth two in the theft

Overview

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Agravo Produções Cinematográficas

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Cast

Hector

Danton Mello

Clara

Leona Cavalli

Dido

Lázaro Ramos

Bira

Caio Blat

Candinho

Sílvio Guindane

Joana Maria da Conceição

Zezé Motta

Adélia

Marcélia Cartaxo

Ricardo Pedrosa

Caco Ciocler

Maria Amélia

Joana Fomm

Marco Aurélio Silveira

Herson Capri

Maria Antônia do Rosário/ Noêmia

Ana Lúcia Torre

Manoel Fernandes

Antônio Abujamra

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