What Is It Worth?

What Is It Worth?

110 mins | Drama | May 20, 2005

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.

What Is It Worth?

110 mins | Drama | May 20, 2005

What Is It Worth?
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Agravo Produções Cinematográficas
Original title Quanto Vale ou é Por Quilo?
Directors Thiago Villas Boas, Maria Farkas, Mauricio Osaki, Sérgio Bianchi
Writers Machado de Assis, Sabina Anzuategui, Eduardo Benain, Sérgio Bianchi, Newton Cannito

Cast

Danton Mello

as Hector

Leona Cavalli

as Clara

Lázaro Ramos

as Dido

Caio Blat

as Bira

Sílvio Guindane

as Candinho

Zezé Motta

as Joana Maria da Conceição

Marcélia Cartaxo

as Adélia

Caco Ciocler

as Ricardo Pedrosa

Joana Fomm

as Maria Amélia

Herson Capri

as Marco Aurélio Silveira

Ana Lúcia Torre

as Maria Antônia do Rosário/ Noêmia

Antônio Abujamra

as Manoel Fernandes

Ênio Gonçalves

as Dom Elísio

Ana Carbatti

as Arminda

Cláudia Mello

as Mônica Silveira

Miriam Pires

as Judite

Umberto Magnani

as Figueiras

José Rubens Chachá

as Delegado Batista

Lena Roque

as Lurdes

Ariclê Perez

as Marta Figueredo

Odelair Rodrigues

as Lucrécia

Emílio de Mello

as Luciano

Raul Barretto

as Guru

Petrônio Gontijo

as Mestre de Cerimônias

Lui Strassburger

as Walter Haman

Ney Piacentini

as Apresentador

Norival Rizzo

as Jarbas

Antônio Petrin

as Senhor

Ângela Dip

as Vera

Clara Carvalho

as Mulher no Restaurante

Noemi Marinho

as Professora

Emilio Pitta

as Bernadino Francisco de Sena

Adolfo Costa

as Sebastião Soares