Second Mother Anna Muylaert Analysis

1)What was the name of the film? Who produced the film? Who starred in the leading roles? Did it win any awards? “Second Mother” is a Brazilian film and is spoken in Portuguese with english subtitles. Anna Muylaert wrote, directed, and helped to produce the film Second Mother. Anna Muylaert is quoted as saying that she wanted to make a film about people who take care of other people’s children referring to it as “sacred work that is very underrated”. Second Mother was made in Brazil and was mainly filmed in Morumbi, a high -class neighborhood in Sao Paulo. The lead actor in the film “Val” is played by Regina Case. The supporting actor who plays “Jessica”, Val’s daughter is Camila Mardila. The other main actors in the film are Val’s employers Barbara (Karine Teles), Dr. Carlos (Lourenco Mutarelli), and their son Fabinho (Michel Joelsas). The film was shot in 2014 and released 2015. Second Mother has been well received by critics and selected as the Brazilian entry for Best Foreign Language Film in the 88th Academy Awards.

Portugueses is my maternal grandmother’s native language and hearing it is comforting. My grandmother has been gone for seven years seeing this film reminded me of her. “Val” the lead actor in the film (played by Regina Case) had some of the same mannerisms as my grandmother. This made me feel that some of my grandmothers cute quirks(like the way she covered her mouth when she made a mistake) were cultural and not exclusive to her.

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