

A poor in the hand is worth two in the theft
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.
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Cast
- Danton MelloHector
- Leona CavalliClara
- Lázaro RamosDido
- Caio BlatBira
- Sílvio GuindaneCandinho
- Zezé MottaJoana Maria da Conceição
- Marcélia CartaxoAdélia
- Caco CioclerRicardo Pedrosa
- Joana FommMaria Amélia
- Herson CapriMarco Aurélio Silveira
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- Sérgio BianchiDirector
- Sérgio BianchiScreenplay
- Newton CannitoScreenplay
- Eduardo BenainScreenplay
- Paulo SacramentoEditor
- Sérgio BianchiProducer
- Paulo GalvãoProducer
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