A Fada do Lar

A Fada do Lar

103 mins | Comedy | Oct. 5, 2022

Vera, a single mother with two small children, is forced to have two jobs to survive after her children's father has disappeared. She works as a cashier at a supermarket by day and at night works in a strip club, trying not only to raise her children but also to pay off the debts that her ex-partner left her. Harassed in both jobs, one day she reacts violently when a nightclub client is more daring, being sentenced in court to perform community service in a nursing home, where her irreverence and youth will clash with the authoritarianism and inhumanity of the director. For the elderly who live in the nursing home, Vera is a breath of fresh air that little by little will change their lives, becoming the true home fairy…

A Fada do Lar

103 mins | Comedy | Oct. 5, 2022

A Fada do Lar
Vera, a single mother with two small children, is forced to have two jobs to survive after her children's father has disappeared. She works as a cashier at a supermarket by day and at night works in a strip club, trying not only to raise her children but also to pay off the debts that her ex-partner left her. Harassed in both jobs, one day she reacts violently when a nightclub client is more daring, being sentenced in court to perform community service in a nursing home, where her irreverence and youth will clash with the authoritarianism and inhumanity of the director. For the elderly who live in the nursing home, Vera is a breath of fresh air that little by little will change their lives, becoming the true home fairy…
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers MGN Filmes
Original title A Fada do Lar
Directors João Maia
Writers André Guerra dos Santos

Cast

Joana Metrass

as Vera

Márcia Breia

as Joana

Cleia Almeida

as Sílvia

Carmen Santos

as Alice

Manuel Cavaco

as Álvaro

Alfredo Brito

as Mário

Sérgio Godinho

as Alberto