The Second Mother (2015)
- Original title
- Que Horas Ela Volta?
- Directed by
- Anna Muylaert
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Brazil
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- AA
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 787 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A housemaid in Sao Paulo lives with a wealthy family. Her daughter moves in to take a university entrance exam. Their presence unsettles the household's old social rules.
poignantobservationalquietly tensecharacter-drivenbittersweetclass-awarehonestthoughtful
What happens
The Second Mother (Portuguese: Que Horas Ela Volta?, lit. 'When Is She Coming Back?') is a 2015 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Anna Muylaert. The film stars Regina Casé as Val, the housemaid of a wealthy family in São Paulo, and portrays the tensions that arise after her daughter Jéssica moves into the family's house in order to apply for an admission exam at the University of São Paulo. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was later released theatrically in Brazil on 27 August 2015. It received critical praise in and outside Brazil and was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted The Second Mother the 71st greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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