Apr 25, 1985
96 min
Full-HD

Hour of the Star (1985)

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

Category

Drama Comedy

Country

Brazil

Companies

Raiz Produções Cinematográficas

Marcélia Cartaxo

Macabéa

José Dumont

Olímpico de Jesus

Tamara Taxman

Glória

Fernanda Montenegro

Madame Carlota

Umberto Magnani

Seu Raimundo

Denoy de Oliveira

Pereira

Lizette Negreiros

Maria

Sônia Guedes

Joana

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