The rebel who scandalized Brazil—and paid the ultimate price for being herself.
Acting
Louise Cardoso embodies Leila's chaotic magnetism without mimicry.
Production
Period detail captures Brazil's military dictatorship oppressively well.
Director
Luiz Carlos Lacerda
Louise Cardoso
Leila Diniz
Diogo Vilela
Luiz Carlos Lacerda
Tony Ramos
Newton Diniz
Marieta Severo
Ernestina Roque
Stênio Garcia
Hermes
Antônio Fagundes
Ruy Guerra
Carlos Alberto Riccelli
Domingos de Oliveira
Paulo César Grande
Jece Valadão
Jayme Periard
Eduardo
Marcos Palmeira
Hippie
Wilson Grey
Garçom
José Wilker
Henrique Martins
Otávio Augusto
Marcelo Cerqueira
Hugo Carvana
Clyde
Chacrinha
Chacrinha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leila's 1971 pregnancy bikini photos broke taboos and made her the face of Brazil's counterculture—this film was made while the dictatorship's shadows still lingered.
Director Luiz Carlos Lacerda cast himself as Leila's husband and lover, which critics found either narcissistic or weirdly authentic to her chaotic romantic life.
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