Lady on the Bus

Lady on the Bus

1978 · 96 min · PT · 5.1 (29 votes)
Dir. Neville D'Almeida · Starring Sonia Braga, Nuno Leal Maia, Jorge Dória, Paulo César Peréio, Yara Amaral, Cláudio Marzo · Music Caetano Veloso

She gives herself to everyone in order to keep loving her husband.

Drama

Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro.

VIBE

A languid, sensual exploration of a woman's quiet desperation. It feels intimate and melancholic, capturing a specific urban loneliness with a dreamlike, almost voyeuristic quality. The mood is one of unspoken yearning and quiet defiance.

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