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Hour of the Star

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IMDB ID: tt0089297

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Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

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Marcélia Cartaxo

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José Dumont

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Tamara Taxman

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Fernanda Montenegro

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Umberto Magnani

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Denoy de Oliveira

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Lizette Negreiros

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Sônia Guedes

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Carlos Cambraia

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Cleide Queiroz

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Suzana Amaral

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Suzana Amaral

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Alfredo Oroz

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Clarice Lispector

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