Simple, illiterate and naïve women, living on the banks of Brazilian roads, get involved with all types of people and seek new opportunities in big cities. In a struggle for survival and in search for the most developed regions of the country, which offer better work conditions, they end up accepting all kinds of services, including prostitution.
Winner of the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Aopção ou as Rosas da Estrada
1981
18 years
88 min.
Fiction
Brazil
P&B
Ozualdo Candeias
Ozualdo Candeias
Ozualdo Candeias
Ozualdo Candeias
Carmem Angélica, Nere di Passi, Julia Veloso, Carmem Ortega, Zé Risonho
Zé Risonho, Alan Fontaine, Renato Petri, Virgilio Roveda, Ozualdo Candeias
Embrafilme - Empresa Brasileira de Filmes, Prodsul Produções Cinematográficas, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura do Governo de São Paulo
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