After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.
Acting
Montenegro's eyes do more than most actors' entire bodies.
Direction
Hirszman traps you in Zulmira's crumbling domestic prison.

Director
Leon Hirszman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peak Cinema Novo — Brazilian New Wave using working-class stories to critique social structures, not entertain.
Montenegro was only 35 playing trapped middle age; she'd become Brazil's most celebrated actress for decades.