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

Tony Tornado

Ana Paula Lopez

Dora

Paulo Américo

Wallie Ruy

Cylene

Elzio Vieira

Paulinho

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