Que Horas Ela Volta?

Aug 28 2015 R 1h 52m
Comedy, Drama

After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.

Plot

Val spends 13 years working as nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She is financially stable but must live with the guilt of having left her daughter Jéssica in Pernambuco, in the northeast of Brazil, raised by relatives. As college entrance exams roll around, Jéssica wants to come to São Paulo to take her college entrance exams too. When Jéssica arrives, cohabitation is not easy. Everyone will be affected by the girl's personality and candor and Val finds herself right in the middle of it.

Written by

Anna Muylaert

Directed by

Anna Muylaert

Cast

Regina Casé, Helena Albergaria, Michel Joelsas

Crew

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Production Countries

Brazil

Production Companies

Gullane Entretenimento, África Filmes

Languages

Português, English

Awards

34 wins & 31 nominations total

Trailers
Que Horas Ela Volta? (The Second Mother) - Trailer Sundance 2015
Scores
# of Votes
18,104
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
82
Popularity
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