With Brazilian director Cao Hamburger's second feature, 12-year-old Mauro Stein (Michel Joelsas) joins the young protagonists of movies like RUNNING ON EMPTY and BLAME IT ON FIDEL: Children of committed lefties whose lives are disrupted by the fall-out from their parents' radical politics.
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1970. Soccer fanatic Mauro Stein is eagerly awaiting the upcoming World Cup when out of the blue his parents, Daniel (Eduardo Moreira) and Bia (Simone Spoladore), announce they're going on vacation. While they're gone, Mauro will be staying with his grandfather Motel (Paulo Autran), a Jewish barber in Sao Paolo. In reality, Mauro's parents are both...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
110 mins