![]() ![]() And why shouldn't he? Val raised him from a toddler to adolescence, while her biological offspring is but a stranger to her. Her strained relationship with her own daughter is contrasted with the beloved esteem to which her employers' son, regards her. There is a resilience and dignity to her within her deferential demeanor. ![]() Val's exasperated protestations are amusing, but also quite reasonable. Her daughter's contemptuous attitude arises out of Jessica's refusal to accept the social class disparity that separates her mother from her supervisors. 7.5/10Īt the heart of The Second Mother is a warm, humorous, gently nuanced performance from Regina Casé, a veteran actress of the Brazilian stage and TV. It's a really fun watch and a movie that could be up for the "Best Foreign Language Film" category come Oscar season. It's a film about family relationships and it's also a film about self respect and where is the line between a job and being one's slave. ![]() It really is the perfect ending for this film which also contains the biggest laugh of the entire movie.Ĭamila Márdila is also great in this as the maid's daughter who comes to stay with her after 10 years of not seeing her and now that she is staying with her at the rich family's house, she changes the dynamic of everything at an alarming rate which creates tension between the mother and daughter. In a way, the film's title actually has double play as the majority of the film, the main character is a maid for this rich family and she is almost a second mother to them, but the real and biggest play on it's title comes at the very end as it wraps the film up in a nice little bow. VIFF Review: "The Second Mother" is comedy/drama that is very fun to watch thanks to Regina Casé's hilarious/realistic performance. ![]()
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