The read
A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, Metacritic 82/100. Scores higher than 98% of the 7,025 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.
Ratings
795 audience votes
Key crew
- Anna MuylaertDirector
- Anna MuylaertScreenplay
Cast
- Regina CaséVal
- Camila MárdilaJéssica
- Karine TelesBárbara
- Lourenço MutarelliCarlos
- Michel JoelsasFabinho
- Helena AlbergariaEdna
- Bete DorgamJanaína
- Luis MirandaAntônio Jardineiro
- Theo WerneckVandré
- Luci PereiraRaimunda
- Anapaula CsernikDiléia
- Hugo VillavicenzioPeruano
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Themes
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