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The Second Mother
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #352
- IMDb #644
- Google retired #435
- Rotten Tomatoes #188
- Metacritic #190
- Letterboxd #297
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #112
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #590
- Metacritic Critics #575
- Metacritic Audience #31
- Criticker #752
- AlloCiné #1379
- Trakt #45
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See the films the platforms disagree about most →A live-in housekeeper has raised a wealthy family's son since he was a toddler, forming a deep bond with him while carefully respecting the social boundaries with her employers. Her comfortable routine is disrupted when her own estranged daughter arrives to take university entrance exams. The daughter's assertive and egalitarian behavior challenges the unspoken rules of the household, causing tension and forcing the mother to reevaluate her place in the home and family.
Details
- Director
- Anna Muylaert
- Writer
- Anna Muylaert
- Released
- 4 June 2015
- Country
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Awards
- 10 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →3 major awards won · 10 wins from 14 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 2015 | Panorama Audience Award | Winner | |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2015 | C.I.C.A.E. Award | Winner | |
| Sundance Film Festival 2015 | World Cinema - Dramatic | Winner | |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards 2016 | Best Actress | Winner | |
| São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards 2016 | Best Film | Winner | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2015 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| Ljubljana International Film Festival 2015 | Best Feature | Winner |
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