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- 2015
- R
- Oscilloscope
- 1 h 52 m
- 2015
- R
- Oscilloscope
- 1 h 52 m
Summary Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern day Sao Paulo, 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 suddenly shows up the unspoken bu...
Directed By: Anna Muylaert
Written By: Anna Muylaert
- 2015
- R
- Oscilloscope
- 1 h 52 m
- 2015
- R
- Oscilloscope
- 1 h 52 m
The Second Mother
8.3
Where to Watch
Summary Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern day Sao Paulo, 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 suddenly shows up the unspoken bu...
Directed By: Anna Muylaert
Written By: Anna Muylaert
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
82
96% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Ms. Muylaert’s guiding principle seems to have been fearlessness, and her film, which was shot by Barbara Alvarez, is superb on all counts.
This Brazilian drama offers a nuanced, often funny look at family and social status, and Casé’s performance is both heartbreaking and hilarious.
User Score
Universal acclaim
Based on 133 User Ratings
8.3
86% Positive
114 Ratings
114 Ratings
5% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
9% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Universal acclaim
Based on 133 User Ratings
8.3
86% Positive
114 Ratings
114 Ratings
5% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
9% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
A real explanation about the reality of beeing poor in Brazil. Regina Cazé's role as Val is just unbeatable: Val is the best possible representation of a poor Northweastearn in Brazil. Regina Cazé in The Second Mother is, along with Fernanda Montenegro as Dora in Central Station, the best performance of a brazilian actress i've ever seen. Just amazing
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"Estabelecendo-se como um filme que, como dizia Eric Rohmer, acaba funcionando também como um “documento de sua época”, Que Horas Ela Volta? é um estudo de personagem e, não menos importante, de um país em mudança. É uma obra que aponta a contradição entre uma elite que se julga generosa e liberal, mas conversa em inglês diante dos subalternos quando não quer ser compreendida por estes. É um longa que sabe como é positivo que a filha da empregada não “saiba seu lugar”."
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The script is executed with enough naturalism to ward off complaints of contrivance — all the way up to a tidy, but quite satisfying, denouement.
It’s a drama, and it smartly uses its little moments of humiliation to open our eyes to a world of delicate, but deep, injustice.
The Second Mother is an interesting look at generational and class divides in Brazil, without the feel of a lecture or lesson.
Brazilian director Anna Muylaert’s deft, funny film is set in São Paulo, but the class distinctions shown have no borders.
The Second Mother goes soft toward the end, defusing its conflicts too easily and inconsequentially.
Esse filme é uma peça muito importante para o cinema brasileiro. O roteiro, a direção, a filmagem, tudo nele funciona de uma forma esplêndida. Sobre a atuação da Regina Casé: nada mais que perfeita. Digna de Oscar, mas infelizmente a Acadêmia não permitiria tal prazer [por ser made in brazil].
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I really loved this movie! The two main actresses are wonderful, and really moving. It is at the same time a comedy and a social drama about a maid who has parental issues with her daughter. I hope it can make to the 2016 Oscars.
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No wonder the movie has received such positive reviews from public and critics, both in Sundance and Berlin. The movie is both masterful and delightful, with a well-written and heartfelt plot, that will appeal equally to the most demanding movie critic as well to the average moviegoer in search of a fun movie. The movie is not intended to be a comedy, but every scene feels so natural and true, that even the most ordinary act (such as eating ice-cream) will make the audience smile and even shed some tears.
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Brazilian cinema has its value. Films like The Second Mother simply put some Hollywoodian movies on the shame. Rightly story's simplicity makes this film so incredible and charming. Story about "winning in life coming from a low situation" is known, but in this picture became above of all clichés at the same time that touches the public. One of some movie that makes Brazilian theater being worthwhile.
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It is a drama about a live-in housekeeper that had to leave her own daughter and raise her employer’s son instead.
The woman did not stay with her daughter for her entire pre-adult life.
Then one day, she gets a call from her now eighteen year-old daughter. After years of refusing to talk to her mother, she had decided to come over to stay with her. This film is about family relations, the nature of motherhood and much more.
It is done masterfully, with humor and realism.
The acting is excellent, especially the protagonist.
This movie is in Portuguese, with English subtitles.
It's one of the best movies I have seen this year.
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Production Company
Gullane,
Africa Filmes,
Globo Filmes
Release Date Aug 28, 2015
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Website
http://thesecondmother.vhx.tv/
Awards
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 6 Wins & 14 Nominations
Prêmio Guarani
• 6 Wins & 12 Nominations
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
• 9 Wins & 9 Nominations
