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THE SECOND MOTHER – 4PM
December 2, 2015 @ 4:00 pm
The Second Mother
(Que Horas Ela Volta?)
Screening:
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 – 4pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Written and Directed by: Anna Muylaert
Cast: Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Michel Joelsas, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli
Comedy/Drama, 14A for some coarse language and brief drug use, 112 minutes, Portuguese with English Subtitles (BRAZIL)
“Regina Casé is wonderful at the center of a marvelous character study that is equally hilarious and thought-provoking as it comments – always in an intelligent and honest way – on matters like class differences in a country that has been undergoing surprising social changes.” – Carlos Maghalaes, Super Reviewer
THE SECOND MOTHER centers around Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern day Sao Paulo. She is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers’ needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val’s estranged daughter Jessica suddenly shows up the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray. Jessica is smart, confident, and ambitious, and refuses to accept the upstairs/downstairs dynamic, testing relationships and loyalties and forcing everyone to reconsider what family really means.
Awards:
Winner, Panorama Audience Award, 2015
Winner, Jury Prize Best Screenplay, River Run International Film Festival, 2015
Winner, Special Jury Prize World Cinema – Dramatic Acting (Regina Case), Sundance Film Festival, 2015
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