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Second Mother = Que Horas Ela Volta?

The story centers on Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern-day São Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers' needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But w...

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Other Authors: Muylaert, Anna, 1964- (Screenwriter), Casé, Regina, 1954- (Actor), Márdila, Camila, 1988- (Actor), Teles, Karine (Actor), Mutarelli, Lourenço, 1964- (Actor), Joelsas, Michel (Actor), Albergaria, Helena (Actor), Alvarez, Bárbara, 1970- (director of photography.)
Format: Videos DVD
Language: Portuguese
English
Published: [New York, New York] : Oscilloscope Laboratories, [2016]
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Drama.
Household employees > Social conditions > Drama.
Household employees > Economic conditions > Drama.
Social status > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Housekeepers > Drama.
São Paulo (Brazil) > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Summary: The story centers on Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern-day São Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers' needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val's estranged daughter Jessica shows up, the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
Item Description: Wide screen (2.35:1)
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Special features: Deleted scenes; Behind the scenes, featuring interviews with director, producer, and actors; director Anna Muylaert interviewed by French journalist Pierre-Michel Meler; Theatrical trailer.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD; NTSC; all regions; widescreen (aspect ratio, 2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 surround & stereo.
Audience: MPAA rating: R; for some language and brief drug use.
Awards: Audience Award Winner, Berlin Film Festival; World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting Winner, Sundance Film Festival.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Bárbara Alvarez ; editor, Karen Harley ; music, Fabio Trummer, Vitor Araújo.

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