A couple trades Copacabana for crumbs — and discovers the real cost of upward mobility.
In Rio de Janeiro, a successful yet underpaid young accountant lives with his pregnant wife in small apartment in middle class neighborhood of Copacabana. Unsatisfied with their way of life, the couple decides to accept the offer of becoming housekeepers of a rich man's vacation residence in a beach town.
Acting
Lenita Plonczinski's silences speak entire dissertations.
Direction
De Oliveira lets discomfort breathe like humid coastal air.
Director
Domingos de Oliveira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Brazil's 'Cinema Novo' aftermath, capturing the 70s economic 'miracle' that left most Brazilians behind.
Domingos de Oliveira shot this in 10 days with almost no budget, using his actual Copacabana apartment building.
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