English title: The Herb of the Rat.
A man of eccentric personality marries a widow. She accepts her strange wifely duties with resignation, until an intruder in the household comes along to disturb the routine.
Rather than an adaptation, this is more like a psychoanalysis of Machado de Assis fiction, working from two short stories (The Secret Cause and A Skeleton) of his. I cannot say the result is exciting, although intriguing it is, if you have a certain amount of literary inclination and have read the stories.
Rating: 33
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