Released Date:
2006-11-02
Languages:
Portuguese, Yiddish, Hebrew
Countries:
Brazil
Runtime:
110 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (4579 Reviews)
Director:
Cao HamburgerGenres:
DramaAdriana Falcèo (script collaborator)
Claudio Galperin
Cao Hamburger
Brèulio Mantovani
Anna Muylaert
In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Miriam leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry and scared with their ten years old son Mauro in their Volkswagen. While traveling to Sèo Paulo, the couple explains Mauro that they will travel on vacation and will leave Mauro with his grandfather Mètel. Daniel promises to return before the first game of the Brazilian National Soccer Team in the Cup. The boy is left in Bom Retiro, a Jewish and Italian neighborhood, and waits for Mètel in front of his apartment. When the next door neighbor Shlomo arrives, he tells the boy that Mètel had just had a heart attack and died. Alone and without knowing where his parents are, the boy is lodged by Shlomo and the Jewish community. Through the young neighbor Hanna, Mauro makes new friends, cheers for the Brazilian team and sees the movement of the police and militaries on the streets while waiting for his parents.
Released Date:
2015-08-28
Languages:
Portuguese
Countries:
Brazil
Runtime:
112 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (432 Reviews)
Director:
Anna MuylaertGenres:
DramaVal spends 13 years working as nanny to Fabinho in Sao Paulo. She is financially stable but has to live with the guilt of having left her daughter Jessica, in Pernambuco, in the north of Brazil, raised by relatives. As college entrance exams roll around, Jessica wants to come to Sao Paulo to take her college entrance exams too. When Jessica arrives, cohabitation is not easy. Everyone will be affected by the personality and candor of the girl and Val finds herself right in the middle of it.
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