An excitingly fresh take on family relationships

Anna Muylaert's THE SECOND MOTHER centers around Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern day Sao Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers' needs, from cooking and clearning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val's estranged daughter Jessica show up the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray. Jessica is smart, confident, and ambitious, and refuses to accept the upstairs/downstairs dynamic, testing relationships and loyalties and forcing everyone to reconsider what family really means.

Cast & Crew

•       Regina Case
•       Helena Albergaria
•       Michel Joelsas

Director: Anna Muylaert

Additional Details

Label: Oscilloscope

Genre: Drama

Language: Portuguese

Run Time: 110 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/23/16

UPC: 857490005172