Hour of the Star
7.3
93 votes
April 25, 1986
1h 36m
Overview
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.
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Cast
Marcélia Cartaxo
Macabéa
José Dumont
Olímpico de Jesus
Tamara Taxman
Glória
Fernanda Montenegro
Madame Carlota
Umberto Magnani
Seu Raimundo
Denoy de Oliveira
Pereira
Lizette Negreiros
Maria
Sônia Guedes
JoanaCarlos Cambraia
Cleide Queiroz
Ednaldo Freire
Elza Gonçalves
Magali Biff
Maria do Carmo Soares
Maria do Carmo
Marli Bortoletto
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