Malu
“Living is revolutionary.”
Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious artistic past.
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Yara de Novaes
Malu
Also in
All the Women in the World
And They Say I Am the Crazy One
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Dona Lili
Known for
Eduardo and Monica
Carol Duarte
Joana
Known for
La Chimera
Invisible Life
Átila Bee
Tibira
Also in
The Midnight Threshold
Dear Agatha
Márcio Vito
Padre
Known for
Os Caras de Pau em O Misterioso Roubo do Anel
Here the Whole Time
Marina Provenzzano
Clara
Known for
Good Morning, Verônica
Felipe Haiut
Rodrigo
Also in
My Mom Is a Character 2
The Kitchen
Cristiane Morilo
Galba
No other roles listed
Jersiano Vieira
Gerson
Known for
Rulers of Fortune
Pedro Freire Director · Jonas Sá Composer Mauro Pinheiro Jr. Cinematographer
United States release January 21, 2024 · Produced in Brazil · Production Bubbles Project, Telecine
Production
TvZERO
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Bubbles Project
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Telecine
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Canal Brasil
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RioFilme
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Brazil
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Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
United States · January 21, 2024
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
Brazil · October 31, 2024
Limited theatrical
United States
April 11, 2024 · Premiere · New Directors/New Films
Australia
August 9, 2024 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Brazil
October 10, 2024 · Premiere · Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
April 2, 2024 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Thailand
November 8, 2024 · Premiere · World Film Festival Bangkok
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