A women's boarding house on the edge of history — capitalism meets coup in 1963 Rio.
The daily routine of a women's Republic in the late days of 1963 and early 1964 - before the military coup - is presented from the perspective of several characters, and the place's owner who is about to sell the house to an international company who wants to build a mall in the place.
Direction
Maria Letícia's rare female gaze on Brazilian political cinema.
Production
Recreates 1963 with documentary precision on shoestring budget.
Director
Maria Letícia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Brazil's redemocratization, it excavates memory the dictatorship tried to bury. Letícia was one of few women directing feature-length political cinema in 1980s Brazil.
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