The Second Mother
8.0
2015
1h 52m
Drama
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.
Key Crew
Director
Anna Muylaert
Producers
Anna Muylaert
Caio Gullane
Débora Ivanov
Writers
Anna Muylaert
Cinematography
Bárbara Álvarez
Cast (17)
Regina Casé
Val
Camila Márdila
Jéssica
