While less propulsive than Brazilian director Karim Ainouz's kinetic feature debut, MADAME SATA (2002), his relatively restrained follow-up is equally gripping and proves that subtlety is yet another of this fine filmmaker's strengths.
Four years after escaping Iguacu, the dust-dry, sun-blasted hometown to which she vowed she'd never return, 21-year-old Hermila (Hermila Guedes) is back, with a 2-year-old boy in her arms. Life in big city Sao Paolo became too much to handle, so Hermila once again packed up and left; in a month she expects her husband, Mateus, to arrive in Iguacu with the CD-dubbing machine that will make them their fortune. In the meantime, ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
86 mins