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The Hour Of The Star

1986, Movie, NR, 96 mins

The Hour Of The Star: Review

Cartaxo, a frumpy 19-year-old orphan from northern Brazil, reveals herself in beautifully simple terms: "I am a typist, I am a virgin, and I like Coca-Cola." Uneducated, unwashed, and unnoticed by most of the people around her, Cartaxo has no confidence and no ambition to be anything but someone's wife. Sharing a broken-down one-room apartment with three other young women, she is unable to adjust to their ways. She has no lover, knows nothing about hygiene or cosmetics, and ... read more leave a comment