The painter Tino, in professional and political crisis, receives a telegram from his mother-in-law, Selma, announcing her return from Europe. After his wife's death, Tino continues living with Selma, with whom he had ambiguous relations, which he now wants to sever. Weak at this impossible love, he asks the maid Enedina to lock him in his room. There, he revives memories through letters, notes and photographs. Selma's son João is waiting for her at the airport and dreams of loving fulfillment in his own mother's arms.
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Hugo Carvana
Tino
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João Carlos Barroso
João
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Fernando Campos
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João Bennio
Fernando do Amaral Piccinini
Esmeralda Barros
Enedina
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Paulo Gil Soares
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Carlos Heitor Cony
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Leonardo Bartucci
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Selma
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Paulo Gil Soares Director · Fernando Coni Campos Director Carlos Heitor Cony Author
First release January 1, 1969 · Produced in Brazil · Original title Um Homem e Sua Jaula
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Brazil
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Original title
Um Homem e Sua Jaula
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · January 1, 1969
Premiere
Brazil · September 23, 1974
Theatrical · Cinemateca
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