Overview

The film uses delicacy and humor to describe the authoritarian functioning of a typically Brazilian 1950 family in Rio de Janeiro. The family is headed by a matriarch anxiously waiting for the night to hear Carlos Lacerda. The intense emotional plot highlights the absurdity of the characters' behavior.

Details

Cast

Fernanda Montenegro

Raul Guaraná

Priscilla Rozenbaum

Paulo Betti

Ricardo Kosovski

Nanda Costa

Maria Flor

Lucca Valor

Fernando Gomes

José Roberto Oliveira