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.
Cast
- Fernanda Montenegro as Dona Mocinha
- Raul Guaraná as Rodriguinho
- Priscilla Rozenbaum as Conceição
- Paulo Betti as Henrique
- Ricardo Kosovski as Orlando
- Nanda Costa as Iracema
- Maria Flor as Adalgisa
- Lucca Valor as Ricardinho
- Fernando Gomes as Manoel
- José Roberto Oliveira as Pinheiro