The Second Mother

2015 · 1h52 · Film

Directed by Anna Muylaert

Starring Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Michel Joelsas, Helena Albergaria, Bete Dorgam, Luis Miranda, Theo Werneck, Luci Pereira

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.

Original title

Que Horas Ela Volta?

Original language

Portuguese

Screenplay

Anna Muylaert

Cinematography

Bárbara Álvarez

Cast

Lourenço Mutarelli, Michel Joelsas, Helena Albergaria, Bete Dorgam, Luis Miranda, Theo Werneck, Luci Pereira, Anapaula Csernik, Hugo Villavicenzio

Updated July 22, 2026

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