Killed the Family and Went to the Movies

Mar 1, 1969

1h 4m

★ 6.5

I did it for love

Overview

A man living with his parents in a low middle-class apartment in Rio de Janeiro coldly stabs them with a razor and then goes to the movies. Marcia, a rich and dissatisfied young woman, takes advantage of a trip from her husband to go to her home in Petrópolis, where she receives a visit from an old friend, Regina.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Julio Bressane Produções Cinematográficas

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Cast

Márcia

Márcia Rodrigues

Regina

Renata Sorrah

Assassino

Antero de Oliveira

Mãe de Regina

Vanda Lacerda

Chefe de Polícia

Paulo Padilha

Pai

Rodolfo Arena

Maria Rodrigues

(as Dolabella)

Carlos Eduardo Dolabella

(as Guará)

Guará Rodrigues

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