108 minutos
This dark and intense drama follows the slow and painful destruction of a young, passive woman as she watches her family fall apart. Maria is the shy and dutiful daughter upon whose shoulders the family traumas have fallen. In addition to a regular job she cooks, cleans, and studies. Her parents offer no assistance as her father is blind, with a tendency towards violence when drinking. His wife, the focus of his violence is terribly unhappy. After a particularly brutal beating, Maria's brothers rise up against the father and end up leaving the home. It is up to Maria to try to bring the factions together. Maria's pressures increase after she calmly stabs her boss during an attempted rape, and then copes with her mother's suicide.
Maria de Medeiros
Maria
Marcello Urgeghe
Mário
Evgeniy Sidikhin
João
Laura del Sol
Teresa
Mireille Perrier
The Teacher
Olimpia Carlisi
The Mother
Luís Miguel Cintra
Friend at the Apartment
Orlando Costa
1st Policeman
Io Appolloni
Hotel Clerk
Miguel Borges
Client
Marco Delgado
Boy in the Disco
Pedro Cabrita Reis
Man in the Bat
Isabel Ruth
Voice of Mother (voice)
Laura Soveral
Suburban Lady
Teresa Villaverde
Voice of the Teacher (voice)
Jorge Silva
Boss' Son
Ilda Roquete
Girl at the Bar
Manuel Guanilho
Funeral Home Man
