Based on the play by Nelson Rodrigues (1st performance 1957).
Two stories with interconnected characters: (1) an adolescent girl is taken to a brothel by her best friend who is a prostitute at that place; (2) a man has an obsessive jealousy of his wife and asks to be committed in an institution.
An interesting text in an adequate adaptation, well directed and well acted. Some nudity and sex scenes are out of place and are obviously a concession to audience's tastes, but that doesn't seriously compromise the film.
I saw a 87-minute-long version, which seemed to be missing important scenes, although I can't be sure about it. The length of the film is generally given as 101 minutes, which further indicates the presence of cuts in the version I saw.
Rating: 58
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