Val spends 13 years working as nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She is financially stable but must live with the guilt of having left her daughter Jéssica in Pernambuco, in the northeast of Brazil, raised by relatives. As college entrance exams roll around, Jéssica wants to come to São Paulo to take her college entrance exams too. When Jéssica arrives, cohabitation is not easy. Everyone will be affected by the girl's personality and candor and Val finds herself right in th... (Full plot summary below)
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Val spends 13 years working as nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She is financially stable but must live with the guilt of having left her daughter Jéssica in Pernambuco, in the northeast of Brazil, raised by relatives. As college entrance exams roll around, Jéssica wants to come to São Paulo to take her college entrance exams too. When Jéssica arrives, cohabitation is not easy. Everyone will be affected by the girl's personality and candor and Val finds herself right in the middle of it.
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| Village VoiceAmy NicholsonAs we switch sympathies from scene to scene, Muylaert forces us to think big about the clash between idealism and acceptance, a philosophical war that spills beyond the walls of this small story into every corner of our own lives. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferWarm, wise, tender and profoundly human. It's an uplifting crowd-pleaser that earns every moment of uplift. Regina Casé deserves an Oscar. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaÉ um estudo de personagem e, não menos importante, de um país em mudança. |
| The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijMuylaert does a deft job here of plotting her story and setting up her characters and their predicaments in ways that immediately invite reflection. |
| CineVueLucy PopescuThis brilliant, beautifully observed comedy is a joy to watch throughout. The Second Mother's narrative works on so many levels, reflected in the film's ambiguous title, and the characterisation is flawless. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMs. Muylaert’s guiding principle seems to have been fearlessness, and her film, which was shot by Barbara Alvarez, is superb on all counts. |
| Washington PostStephanie MerryThe Second Mother feels lovingly handcrafted. All the elements of the story fit impeccably together for a humorous and occasionally wrenching examination of relationships. |
| VarietyGeoff BerkshireThe script is executed with enough naturalism to ward off complaints of contrivance — all the way up to a tidy, but quite satisfying, denouement. |
| Woman in RevoltLindsay PughThe ending kind of ruined this film for me, but I still recommend watching. Regina Casé shines as Val and the rest of the cast is similarly superb. |
| Las Vegas InformerVictoria AlexanderIt speaks to anyone considering hiring a live-in nanny. Regina Casé is terrific. |
