Cast
Denoy de Oliveira Sonia Guedes Umberto Magnani 
José Dumont Tamara Taxman 
Fernanda Montenegro
Credits
Written by: 
Suzana Amaral
Plot
A shy, poor young woman from the northeast, working as a typist in São Paulo, lives a modest, lonely life and dreams of small things. Based on Clarice Lispector's novel.
Sinekatalog’s take
A touching, understated character study.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (2,310 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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