Hour of the Star

(1986)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 91 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1986

Runtime: 96 мин

Country: Brazil

Director: Suzana Amaral

Cast: Marcélia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman, Фернанда Монтенегру, Umberto Magnani, Denoy de Oliveira, Lizette Negreiros, Sônia Guedes, Carlos Cambraia, Cleide Queiroz

Plot

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.