The Story of Fausta Movie Review 1988

An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower. Decidely grim comedy-drama, well-done but unsparing in its depiction of overwhelming greed. In Portuguese with English subtitles.

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Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from Brazilian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, War Between the Sexes, Hard Knock Life, South America, Rio

Cast

Betty Faria, Daniel Filho, Brandao Filho

Director

Bruno Barreto

Music

Ruben Blades

Producer

L.C. Barreto