Helen (2020)

9.5/10 • 98 min • Drama

Overview

Helen lives in a cortiço with her grandmother, Mrs. Graça, who supports the family with informal jobs, such as selling skewers. Still very naive, her biggest concern is buying her grandmother a birthday present: a makeup kit. The girl is going to bend over backwards to get the money and her search will reveal the daily life of those living in tenements, outlining a collective story from the network of relations that the girl establishes.

Cast

Marcélia Cartaxo

Dona Graça

Tony Tornado

Seu Antônio

Ana Paula Lopez

Dora

Paulo Américo

Cícero

Wallie Ruy

Cylene

Elzio Vieira

Paulinho

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