As Meninas Exemplares

(2025)

Genres: Drama

Year: 2025

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: Portugal

Director: João Botelho

Cast: Rita Durão, Catarina Wallenstein, Crista Alfaiate, Joana Botelho, João Estima, Dinis Gomes, Cláudio da Silva, Marcello Urgeghe, Margarida Marinho, Leonor Silveira

Plot

The misfortunes of Sofia, the exemplary Madalena and Camila, the troubled vacations of girls and boys, a few years later leading to the resolution of some mysteries, form the perfect trilogy by the Countess of Ségur on education, social, religious, and political power. Desire and its oppression, violence and punishment, in short, the terrible loss combined with inevitable growth. Both adults and children will understand that precepts, rules, and prayers can tear nerves and blood apart.