A Real Woman
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A nurse falls in love with her patient and secretly marries him. When treating another patient, he falls in love with her and, pretending to be in agony, asks for one last wish: to marry him, and she accepts.
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Inezita Barroso
Amélia
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Alberto Cavalcanti Director · Miroel Silveira Screenplay Oswaldo Moles Screenplay
First release July 6, 1955 · Produced in Brazil · Original title Mulher de Verdade
Production
Kino Filmes S.A.
Production
Brazil
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Original title
Mulher de Verdade
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · July 6, 1955
Theatrical · São Paulo
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
October 18, 2002 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
September 24, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Brasileira (Retrospectiva "O Brasileiro Alberto Cavalcanti")
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