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14/09/1994 Drama 1h 34m
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Overview

Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around town witnessing long lines in National Health Services, inhuman conditions in public hospitals and poor people being constantly humiliated. They find people are becoming indifferent to human suffering.

  1. Sérgio Bianchi

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Rodrigo Santiago

  2. Esther Góes

  3. Lígia Cortez

  4. José Rubens Chachá

  5. Renato Borghi

  6. Cláudia Mello

  7. Elisa Lucinda

  8. Luiz Ramalho

  9. Denis Victorazo

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Status
Released

Original Language
Portuguese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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