A Man and His Cage (1974)
The painter Tino, in professional and political crisis, receives a telegram from his mother-in-law, Selma, announcing her return from Europe. After his wife's death, Tino continues living with Selma, with whom he had ambiguous relations, which he now wants to sever. Weak at this impossible love, he asks the maid Enedina to lock him in his room. There, he revives memories through letters, notes and photographs. Selma's son João is waiting for her at the airport and dreams of loving fulfillment in his own mother's arms.
Directors: Fernando Coni Campos, Paulo Gil Soares.
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Hugo Carvana as Tino |
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João Carlos Barroso as João |
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Esmeralda Barros as Enedina |
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Talula Campos as Selma |
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Luis Carlos Miele as Valdomiro |
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Helena Ignez as Aeromoça |
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Joel Barcellos as Delegado |
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Jofre Soares as Homossexual |
| Directing | Fernando Coni Campos | Director |
| Directing | Paulo Gil Soares | Director |
| Writing | Fernando Coni Campos | Writer |
| Writing | Paulo Gil Soares | Writer |
| Writing | Carlos Heitor Cony | Novel |
| Art | Renato Neumann | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Sound | Fernando do Amaral Piccinini | Sound |
| Editing | Renato Neumann | Editor |
| Editing | Alberto S. Contel | Editor |
| Camera | Leonardo Bartucci | Director of Photography |