01 Mar 1925
The Joyless Street
In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.
Angels of the Sun
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In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the Amazon gold fields and put to work by the despicable Saraiva.
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Antonio Calloni Saraiva
Otávio Augusto Lourenço
Darlene Glória Vera
Vera Holtz Nazaré, the Madam
Maurício Gonçalves Public Health agent
Chico Díaz Tadeu
Bianca Comparato Inês
Mary Sheila Celeste
Fernanda Carvalho Maria
Caco Monteiro Truck Driver
Antônio Gonzalez Jet Pilot
Evelin Buchegger Maria's mother
Rui Manthur Maria's father
Larissa Beckman Prostitute
Kallanda Caetana Prostitute
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