The Second Mother

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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.

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Creators

Anna Muylaert

director

Anna Muylaert

writer

Cast

Regina Casé actor Camila Márdila actor Karine Teles actor

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Lourenço Mutarelli actor Michel Joelsas actor

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Helena Albergaria actor

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Bete Dorgam actor Luís Miranda actor

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Theo Werneck actor

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Luci Pereira actor

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Anapaula Csernik actor

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Hugo Villavicenzio actor

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Roberto Camargo actor

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Alex Huszar actor

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Andrey Lima Lopes actor

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Thaise Reis actor

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Nilcéia Vicente actor