The Second Mother

Jun 4, 2015

1h 52m

★ 8.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

África Filmes

Gullane Entretenimento

Globo Filmes

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Cast

Val

Regina Casé

Jéssica

Camila Márdila

Bárbara

Karine Teles

Carlos

Lourenço Mutarelli

Fabinho

Michel Joelsas

Edna

Helena Albergaria

Janaína

Bete Dorgam

Antônio Jardineiro

Luis Miranda

Vandré

Theo Werneck

Raimunda

Luci Pereira

Diléia

Anapaula Csernik

Peruano

Hugo Villavicenzio

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