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2007 · 100 min · PT · 8.0 (40 votes)
Dir. Eduardo Coutinho · Starring Eduardo Coutinho, Fernanda Torres, Marília Pêra, Andréa Beltrão, Aleta Gomes Vieira, Mary Sheila
Documentary

Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.

VIBE

A deeply humanistic exploration of lived experience. It feels like eavesdropping on intimate confessions, where the line between reality and its portrayal becomes beautifully, unsettlingly blurred. A quiet, profound meditation on how we construct our own narratives.

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