Director: Walter Salles
Writers: Walter Salles, Marcos Bernstein, João Emanuel Carneiro
Actors: Fernanda Montenegro, Marília Pêra, Vinícius de Oliveira
Production Co.: Audiovisual Development Bureau, BEI Comunicações, Bahiatursa, Canal+, Coca Cola, Credicard, Dolby Digital, Fondation de la Poste, Fulmitrens, Lei de Incentivo a Cultura, Ministerio da Cultura, MACT Productions, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, NAK, Prefeitura Rio Filme, Rainer Artes Gráficas, Rio-Sul Linhas Aéreas, Riofilme, Sagepacq, Secretaria da Cultura e Turismo, Governo da Bahia, Severiano Ribeiro Distribuidora, Sundance Institute, São Paulo City Hall, Telebahia, Varig Brasil, VideoFilmes
Country: Brazil, France
Year: 1998
Language: Dialogue in Portugese with optional subtitles in Portugese, English and French
Format: DVD
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Summary: When a young boy witnesses his mother’s accidental death, a lonely retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing.