THE SECOND MOTHER

Val works as a housemaid for a wealthy household in Saõ Paulo. Apart from being an excellent domestic worker, Val is also a nanny to the family’s teenage son. The perfect order of the house changes with the unexpected arrival of Val’s daughter Jéssica, whom she left behind in order to work and hasn’t seen in 10 years. Jéssica refuses to comply with the rules of the house and despite Val’s objections she starts disrupting these rules with her behavior. Taking a different approach to the issues of class and family, the film won the Sundance Special Jury Award.