As Borboletas Também Amam (1979)

5.0/10 92 min Drama

Overview

Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a brothel in the South Zone. One day she meets Flávio, a friend and eventual lover of Virginia. Flávio falls in love with the purity of Monica and wants to drive away her friends, for considering Virginia a bad company for her beloved.

Cast

Paulo Porto

Rossana Ghessa

Neila Tavares

Angelina Muniz

Arlindo Barreto

Nestor de Montemar

Nélia Paula

Francisco Di Franco

Wilson Grey

Elena Andrea

Carlos Kurt

Jotta Barroso

Catalina Bonakie

Gilson Moura

Claudioney Penedo

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