Hearkening back to Pedro Almodovar's early, edgy soap operas like WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?, Brazilian documentarian Chico Teixeira's engaging first fiction film packs a lot of melodrama and local flavor into a scant 90 minutes.
Brazilian manicurist Alice (Carla Ribas) lives with her family in a small apartment on the outskirts of Sao Paolo, South America's most populous city. When she's not busy at the salon where she works, polishing nails and listening to the romantic travails of well-to-do clients like Carmen (Renata Zhaneta) -- which Alice reciprocates with impossibly rosy pictures of her own unfulfilled sex life -- Alice sells her friends and ...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
92 mins