"A poor in the hand is worth two in the theft"
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
Hector
Clara
Dido
Bira
Candinho
Joana Maria da Conceição
Adélia
Ricardo Pedrosa
Maria Amélia
Marco Aurélio Silveira
Maria Antônia do Rosário/ Noêmia
Manoel Fernandes
Dom Elísio
Unknown Role
Arminda
Mônica Silveira
Judite
Figueiras
Delegado Batista
Lurdes
Marta Figueredo
Lucrécia
Amigo
Luciano
Guru
Mestre de Cerimônias
Walter Haman
Apresentador
Jarbas
Senhor
Vera
Mulher no Restaurante
Professora
Bernadino Francisco de Sena
Sebastião Soares
Unknown Role
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