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Hour of the Star
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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

Marcélia Cartaxo

Macabéa

Marcélia Cartaxo

José Dumont

Olímpico de Jesus

José Dumont

Tamara Taxman

Glória

Tamara Taxman

Fernanda Montenegro

Madame Carlota

Fernanda Montenegro

Umberto Magnani

Seu Raimundo

Umberto Magnani

Denoy de Oliveira

Pereira

Denoy de Oliveira

Lizette Negreiros

Maria

Lizette Negreiros

Sônia Guedes

Joana

Sônia Guedes

Carlos Cambraia

Carlos Cambraia

Cleide Queiroz

Cleide Queiroz

Ednaldo Freire

Ednaldo Freire

Elza Gonçalves

Elza Gonçalves

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