Two Brothers, My Sister (1994)
This dark and intense drama follows the slow and painful destruction of a young, passive woman as she watches her family fall apart. Maria is the shy and dutiful daughter upon whose shoulders the family traumas have fallen. In addition to a regular job she cooks, cleans, and studies. Her parents offer no assistance as her father is blind, with a tendency towards violence when drinking. His wife, the focus of his violence is terribly unhappy. After a particularly brutal beating, Maria's brothers rise up against the father and end up leaving the home. It is up to Maria to try to bring the factions together. Maria's pressures increase after she calmly stabs her boss during an attempted rape, and then copes with her mother's suicide.
Director:
Teresa Villaverde
Writer:
Teresa Villaverde
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Maria de Medeiros as Maria |
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Marcello Urgeghe as Mário |
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Evgeniy Sidikhin as João |
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Laura del Sol as Teresa |
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Mireille Perrier as The Teacher |
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Olimpia Carlisi as The Mother |
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Luís Miguel Cintra as Friend at the Apartment |
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Orlando Costa as 1st Policeman |
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Io Appolloni as Hotel Clerk |
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Miguel Borges as Client |
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Marco Delgado as Boy in the Disco |
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Pedro Cabrita Reis as Man in the Bat |
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Isabel Ruth as Voice of Mother (voice) |
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Laura Soveral as Suburban Lady |
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Teresa Villaverde as Voice of the Teacher (voice) |
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Jorge Silva as Boss' Son |
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Ilda Roquete as Girl at the Bar |
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Manuel Guanilho as Funeral Home Man |
| Directing | Teresa Villaverde | Director |
| Editing | Rudolfo Wedeles | Editor |
| Editing | Teresa Villaverde | Editor |
| Camera | Joaquim Pinto | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sano de Perpessac | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Antoine Roch | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Volker Tittel | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vasco Pimentel | Music |
| Writing | Teresa Villaverde | Screenplay |
| Sound | Vasco Pimentel | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Vasco Pimentel | Editor |
| Production | Joaquim Pinto | Producer |
| Camera | Ulrich Jänchen | Director of Photography |
| Art | João Calvário | Art Direction |
