Release, runtime and language

1983 · 99 mins · Portuguese

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Directed by

Bruno Barreto

Starring

Marcello Mastroianni, Sônia Braga, Antonio Cantafora, Chico Diaz, Paulo Goulart, Nelson Xavier

Set in 1925 in Ilhéus, a modest Brazilian coastal town dominated by local colonels, the story follows Gabriela, an illiterate but captivatingly charismatic woman who arrives as a humble cook. Her magnetic presence soon turns her into Nacib’s lover and eventually his wife, while the town’s social hierarchies swirl around their evolving relationship.