SYNOPSIS

After two years of living in São Paulo, Hermila returns to her village in northeastern Brazil with her newborn son, anxiously awaiting the arrival of her husband. Time passes slowly and the wait becomes an even heavier burden as she begins to realize that she’s been abandoned. Her distress increases as she renews a relationship with an old boyfriend before deciding that she doesn’t want to relive the past. Determined to raise enough money to escape her stifling hometown, she comes up with an unlikely prize to raffle off herself for one night only

FILM DETAILS & FESTIVALS

2006 – 1h28 – Drama – Brazil

With: Hermila Guedes, Maria Menezes

Venice – Orizzonti

Toronto International Film Festival

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