The Second Mother
04/06/2015
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.
Movie Information
Regina Casé
as Val
Camila Márdila
as Jéssica
Karine Teles
as Bárbara
Lourenço Mutarelli
as Carlos
Michel Joelsas
as Fabinho
Helena Albergaria
as Edna
Bete Dorgam
as Janaína
Luis Miranda
as Antônio Jardineiro
Theo Werneck
as Vandré
Luci Pereira
as Raimunda
Anapaula Csernik
as Diléia
Hugo Villavicenzio
as Peruano
Roberto Camargo
as Repórter
Alex Huszar
as Caveira
Andrey Lima Lopes
as Fabinho (Criança)
Thaise Reis
as Pâmela
Nilcéia Vicente
as Anita
