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When Alice, a Sao Paulo manicurist, wife and mother, has a chance meeting with an old flame, she is forced to re-examine her life and address her romantic dreams. Feeling her youth and sexuality slipping away, Alice flirts with a rapturous affair to escape her repressive family life and avoid the fate of her aging mother who drags out her remaining years as the house-maid. Award-winning documentarian Teixeira silently immerses his camera in Alice's household, recording day-to-day minutiae and scorching passion with equal weight and no judgment. The result, called "brilliant" by The Los Angeles Times, is a world all too real, overflowing the boundaries of its Brazilian setting and revealing the dreams and flaws which define our shared humanity.
Original Release
11/12/2007
US Release
01/25/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Carla Ribas | Alice |
Berta Zemel | Dona Jacira |
Vinicius Faria Zinn | Lucas |
Ricardo Vilaca | Edinho |
Felipe Massuia | Junior |
Zécarlos Machado | Lindomar |
Renata Zhaneta | Carmen |
Luciano Quirino | Nilson |
Mariana Leighton | Thais |
Dirce Couto | Neide |
Directors
Writers
Sabina Anzuategui, Marcelo Gomes, Júlio Pessoa
Cast
Name | Character |
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Carla Ribas | Alice |
Berta Zemel | Dona Jacira |
Vinicius Faria Zinn | Lucas |
Ricardo Vilaca | Edinho |
Felipe Massuia | Junior |
Zécarlos Machado | Lindomar |
Renata Zhaneta | Carmen |
Luciano Quirino | Nilson |
Mariana Leighton | Thais |
Dirce Couto | Neide |
Jorge Cerruti | Toninho |
Talita Craveiro | Vanessinha |
Elias Andreato | Seu Gabriel |
Claudio Jaborandy | Evanildo |
Cícero Augusto | Carlinhos Abranches |
Roberto Leite | Taxi passenger |
Marcos Pedroso | Client in car |
Thiago de Mello | Dr. Olavo - the optometrist |
Francisco Gaspar | Hairdresser |
Monicah Duarte | Hairdresser |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lili Bandeira | Executive Producer |
Carla Ribas | Producer |
Berta Zemel | Producer |
Zita Carvalhosa | Producer |
Patrick Leblanc | Producer |
Marina Pessoa | Producer |
Chico Teixeira | Producer |