Malu (2024)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 40M
Director : Pedro Freire
Synopsis
Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious artistic past.
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