Brazilian telenovela fever dream where family reunions go VERY wrong.
While still a child, Lollipop falls in love with her orphaned cousin Silvio, who has been raised as a member of the family by her father, Dr. Arnaldo, a highly respected government official. Years pass, and to Lollipop's dismay, Silvio becomes engaged to her cousin Leticia. During the engagement party, the enraged Lollipop seduces Silvio, and sometime later, she reveals to Leticia that she is pregnant as a result of the encounter.
Acting
Vera Vianna commits to unhinged with zero hesitation.
Direction
Tanko squeezes maximum scandal from minimum runtime.
Director
J.B. Tanko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film adapts Nelson Rodrigues' scandalous 1958 play, Brazil's master of 'underground theater' exposing the rot beneath respectable facades.
Jece Valadão (Silvio) was a major heartthrob; casting him as the weak-willed object of destruction subverted his image completely.
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