Childhood
Jul 26 2014
•1h 24m
•The film uses delicacy and humor to describe the authoritarian functioning of a typically Brazilian 1950 family in Rio de Janeiro. The family is headed by a matriarch anxiously waiting for the night to hear Carlos Lacerda. The intense emotional plot highlights the absurdity of the characters' behavior.
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Fernanda Montenegro
Dona Mocinha
Raul Guaraná
Rodriguinho
Priscilla Rozenbaum
Conceição
Paulo Betti
Henrique
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