Summer Showers

Apr 24, 1978

1h 28m

★ 5.4

Overview

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Embrafilme

Alter Filmes

Terra Filmes

Summer Showers Trailers

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Cast

Afonso

Jofre Soares

Isaura

Miriam Pires

Lourenço

Rodolfo Arena

Abelardo

Sadi Cabral

Lurdinha

Cristina Aché

Juracy

Paulo César Peréio

Sanhaço

Jorge Coutinho

Dodora

Marieta Severo

Geraldinho

Daniel Filho

Cardoso

Emmanuel Cavalcanti

Delegado

Roberto Bonfim

Paulinho

Carlos Gregório

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