Hour of the Star

Apr 25, 1985

1h 36m

★ 7.3

Overview

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Raiz Produções Cinematográficas

Hour of the Star Trailers

Cast

Macabéa

Marcélia Cartaxo

Olímpico de Jesus

José Dumont

Glória

Tamara Taxman

Madame Carlota

Fernanda Montenegro

Seu Raimundo

Umberto Magnani

Pereira

Denoy de Oliveira

Maria

Lizette Negreiros

Joana

Sônia Guedes

Carlos Cambraia

Cleide Queiroz

Ednaldo Freire

Elza Gonçalves

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