The Second Mother (2015 film)

The Second Mother
Theatrical release poster
PortugueseQue Horas Ela Volta?
Directed byAnna Muylaert
Written byAnna Muylaert
Produced by
  • Caio Gullane
  • Fabiano Gullane
  • Debora Ivanov
  • Anna Muylaert
Starring
CinematographyBárbara Alvarez
Edited byKaren Harley
Music by
  • Fábio Trummer
  • Vitor Araújo
Production
companies
Distributed byPandora Filmes
Release dates
  • 25 January 2015 (2015-01-25) (Sundance)
  • 27 August 2015 (2015-08-27) (Brazil)
Running time
112 minutes[1]
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$4 million[2]
Box office$3 million[3]

The Second Mother (Portuguese: Que Horas Ela Volta?, lit. 'When Is She Coming Back?') is a 2015 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Anna Muylaert. The film stars Regina Casé as Val, the housemaid of a wealthy family in São Paulo, and portrays the tensions that arise after her daughter Jéssica moves into the family's house in order to apply for an admission exam at the University of São Paulo.

The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was later released theatrically in Brazil on 27 August 2015. It received critical praise in and outside Brazil and was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[4][5][6]

In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted The Second Mother the 71st greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films.[7]

  1. ^ "The Second Mother (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ^ Mestieri, Gabriel (18 February 2014). ""Com cara de povo", Regina Casé vive empregada em longa de Anna Muylaert". UOL Entretenimento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ "The Second Mother (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  4. ^ Pessoa, Gabriela Sá (9 September 2015). "Brasil escolhe 'Que Horas Ela Volta?' para concorrer a vaga no Oscar". Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (10 September 2015). "Brazil Names Foreign Oscar Submission". IndieWire. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  6. ^ McNary, Dave (10 September 2015). "Brazil Selects 'The Second Mother' as Oscar Entry". Variety. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros". Abraccine - Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema (in Portuguese). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2024.