Overview
This dark and intense drama follows the slow and painful destruction of a young, passive woman as she watches her family fall apart. Maria is the shy and dutiful daughter upon whose shoulders the family traumas have fallen. In addition to a regular job she cooks, cleans, and studies. Her parents offer no assistance as her father is blind, with a tendency towards violence when drinking. His wife, the focus of his violence is terribly unhappy. After a particularly brutal beating, Maria's brothers rise up against the father and end up leaving the home. It is up to Maria to try to bring the factions together. Maria's pressures increase after she calmly stabs her boss during an attempted rape, and then copes with her mother's suicide.
Director and cast
- Teresa Villaverde Director
- Maria de Medeiros as Maria
- Marcello Urgeghe as Mário
- Evgeniy Sidikhin as João
- Laura del Sol as Teresa
- Mireille Perrier as The Teacher
- Olimpia Carlisi as The Mother
- Luís Miguel Cintra as Friend at the Apartment
- Orlando Costa as 1st Policeman
- Io Appolloni as Hotel Clerk
- Miguel Borges as Client
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