The Option centers on a group of rural women who cut sugar cane and live in ramshackle highway neighborhoods. For many, their only escape to a potentially better life is through prostitution, often with truck drivers.
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Carmem Angélica
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Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
Known for
The Red Light Bandit
Carmem Ortega
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O Atleta Sexual
Bajo la cruz del sur
Vilma Camargo
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Joelma 23rd Floor
Sexo Profundo
Virgílio Roveda
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O Coringa do Cinema
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Nere de Passy
Alan Fontaine
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Nymphette's of the Wild Sex
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Jairo Ferreira
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The Vampire of the Cinematheque
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José Lopes
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Lilian, the Dirty
The Red Light Bandit
Cristina Godinho
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The Third Bank of the River
Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias Director · José Gozze Editor
First release November 5, 1981 · Produced in Brazil · Production Embrafilme, Secretaria de Cultura do Estado de São Paulo
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Prodsul
Production
Embrafilme
Production · Distribution
Secretaria de Cultura do Estado de São Paulo
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Brazil
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Original title
Aopção ou As Rosas da Estrada
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · November 5, 1981
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
April 14, 2018 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
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