(mild spoilers) The titular character is a vegetable stand owner at a big market. She supports her son Edson's research involving atomic energy. She also has a daughter named Rosália who has dreams of moving upwards socially and is ashamed of her mother's poor education and manners. Rosália spurns her soccer player neighbor's attentions, preferring to go out with another guy who purports to be from an upper social class. In fact, said guy belongs to a gang who wants to steal her brother's invention and market it for military purposes.
Dramatic comedy which combines attempts at social realism with elements wildly disconnected from Brazilian reality. Although fairly simple-minded, it's well directed and particularly noteworthy for the leading performance. Curiously, both the source play's author and the director were also physicians.
Rating: 38
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