Summaries

University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.[email protected]

While traveling by train from Curitiba to his hometown Antonina, Mário flirts with the store seller Neusa. The handsome Mário is an ambitious college student and bank clerk who dates the shallow but wealthy Cristina, expecting to marry her to elevate his social position. In a similar situation, Neusa dates the worker Rogério, he is in love with her but she expects to marry Mário to improve her poor life. Mário faces predicament in the bank where he works while feels split between his contradictory feelings for Neusa and Cristina.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Genres
  • Drama
Release date Oct 10, 1955
Countries of origin Brazil
Language Portuguese
Filming locations Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Production companies Paraná Filmes Produções Cinematográficas Apolo

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Black and White
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