A Causa Secreta (1994)
Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around town witnessing long lines in National Health Services, inhuman conditions in public hospitals and poor people being constantly humiliated. They find people are becoming indifferent to human suffering.
Director: Sérgio Bianchi
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Rodrigo Santiago as |
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Esther Góes as |
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Lígia Cortez as |
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José Rubens Chachá as |
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Renato Borghi as |
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Cláudia Mello as |
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Elisa Lucinda as |
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Luiz Ramalho as |
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Denis Victorazo as |
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Alexandre Paternost as Sílvio |
| Directing | Sérgio Bianchi | Director |
| Writing | Machado de Assis | Original Story |
| Camera | Eduardo Poiano | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Valéria Mauro | Editor |