Hour of the Star
A Hora da Estrela
1985, Film, 96 min, Drama, Portuguese, Brazil, MoviePedia score 69
Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
Directed by Suzana Amaral
Cast
- Denoy de Oliveira as Pereira
- Sonia Guedes as Joana
- Umberto Magnani as Seu Raimundo
- José Dumont as Olímpico de Jesus
- Tamara Taxman as Glória
- Fernanda Montenegro as Madame Carlota
- Marcélia Cartaxo as Macabéa
- Carlos Cambraia
- Cláudia Rezende as Maria da Penha
- Cleide Eunice Queiroz
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