What Is It Worth?
7.2
“A poor in the hand is worth two in the theft”
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
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Danton Mello
Hector
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Leona Cavalli
Clara
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Lázaro Ramos
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Sílvio Guindane
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Zezé Motta
Joana Maria da Conceição
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Xica da Silva
Marcélia Cartaxo
Adélia
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Caco Ciocler
Ricardo Pedrosa
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Joana Fomm
Maria Amélia
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Macunaima
Herson Capri
Marco Aurélio Silveira
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Ana Lúcia Torre
Maria Antônia do Rosário/ Noêmia
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Manoel Fernandes
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Sérgio Bianchi Director · Newton Cannito Screenplay Eduardo Benain Screenplay
Budget $2M · First release May 20, 2005 · Produced in Brazil
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Budget
$2,000,000
Production
Agravo Produções Cinematográficas
Production
Brazil
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Original title
Quanto Vale ou É por Quilo?
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · May 20, 2005
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No release date listed for United States.
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