She Comes Back on Thursday (2016)

Plot Summary

With its obvious simplicity, the film’s title happens to set the mood of the film, or at least its guiding principle: staying anchored in everyday life. More precisely, the life of Maria José and Norberto, who have been married for 35 years and who live in Contagem, in the suburbs of Belo Horizonte. Their marriage is on the rocks, which leads their two sons to also wonder about the future of their own relationships with their wives. The story is quite ordinary. How can one capture such an impercep- tible shift in the heart of the banality of things, only made more noticeable by a crisis? Filming his own family, his own parents, his brother and himself, André Novais Oliveira has chosen to take his time. He shots long sequences, leaving enough time for the fictional situations on which he puts his characters to grow and unfold. Then he uses wide frames to linger on more mundane, concrete or at times farcical moments: eating an orange, cooking, watching television...

Full Cast & Characters

Maria José Novais Oliveira

Maria José

Norberto Novais Oliveira

Norberto

André Novais Oliveira

André

Renato Novaes

Renato

Elida Silpe

Élida

Carla Patrícia

Carla

Tatiana Dal Magro

Tati

Dircinha Macêdo

Dona da geladeira

Robert Frank

Robert

Thiago Cesário

Cesarino

Anivalda Lima

Dona Anivalda

Lederson Nascimento

Lederson

Director & Crew

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