- Overview
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
- Release Date
20 May 2005
- DirectingSérgio Bianchi
- Budget
$2,000,000.00
- Revenue
$0.00
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