Project Author: David Mills
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
África Filmes, Gullane Entretenimento, Globo Filmes
The Second Mother
Genre:
Drama
Runtime:
112
Released:
2015
Rating:
8.03
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Anna Muylaert
FILM OVERVIEW
The Second Mother
After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.
DIRECTOR
Anna Muylaert
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Anna Muylaert (Director)
Anna Muylaert (Screenplay)
Fabiano Gullane (Producer)
Caio Gullane (Producer)
Débora Ivanov (Producer)
Anna Muylaert (Producer)
Karen Harley (Editor)
Bárbara Álvarez (Director of Photography)
Thales Junqueira (Art Direction)
Marcos Pedroso (Art Direction)
CAST MEMBERS
Regina Casé
Camila Márdila
Karine Teles
Lourenço Mutarelli
Michel Joelsas
Helena Albergaria
Bete Dorgam
Luis Miranda
Theo Werneck
Luci Pereira
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