Helen
Jul 23 2020
•2h 38m
•Drama
Helen lives in a cortiço with her grandmother, Mrs. Graça, who supports the family with informal jobs, such as selling skewers. Still very naive, her biggest concern is buying her grandmother a birthday present: a makeup kit. The girl is going to bend over backwards to get the money and her search will reveal the daily life of those living in tenements, outlining a collective story from the network of relations that the girl establishes.
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Thalita Machado
Helen
Marcélia Cartaxo
Dona Graça
Tony Tornado
Seu Antônio
Roberto Rezende
Raimundo
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