Portuguese Film Series: THE SECOND MOTHER (2015)

The Portuguese Program and BRSO will present the film, "The Second Mother (2015)," on Thursday, April 26 at 6 PM in the UP Theatre (Arkansas Union, 4th floor).

The event is free, open to the public and snacks will be provided. 

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 Check out the film's trailer here.  

 

Val spends 13 years working as nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She is financially stable but has to live with the guilt of having left her daughter Jéssica, in Pernambuco, in the northeast of Brazil, raised by relatives. As college entrance exams roll around, Jéssica wants to come to São Paulo to take her college entrance exams too. When Jéssica arrives, cohabitation is not easy. Everyone will be affected by the personality and candor of the girl and Val finds herself right in the middle of it.