The Second Mother

The Second Mother (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.

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  • Release Date: 2015-06-04
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Director: Anna Muylaert

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    Cast

    • Regina Casé

      Val

    • Camila Márdila

      Jéssica

    • Karine Teles

      Bárbara

    • Lourenço Mutarelli

      Carlos

    • Michel Joelsas

      Fabinho

    • Helena Albergaria

      Edna

    • Bete Dorgam

      Janaína

    • Luis Miranda

      Antônio Jardineiro

    • Theo Werneck

      Vandré

    • Luci Pereira

      Raimunda

    • Anapaula Csernik

      Diléia

    • Hugo Villavicenzio

      Peruano

    • Roberto Camargo

      Repórter

    • Alex Huszar

      Caveira

    • Andrey Lima Lopes

      Fabinho (Criança)

    • Thaise Reis

      Pâmela

    • Nilcéia Vicente

      Anita

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