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The Second Mother (2015)

The Second Mother (2015)

Drama
Release Date: 2015, June 4
Directors: Anna Muylaert
Countries: Brazil
Production: África Filmes, Gullane Entretenimento, Globo Filmes
Cast: Camila Márdila, Helena Albergaria, Luis Miranda, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Theo Werneck, Regina Casé, Luci Pereira, Bete Dorgam, Hugo Villavicenzio, Michel Joelsas, Roberto Camargo

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.

Keywords:

woman director housekeeper class differences parent child relationship architecture