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Based on a true story, the movie tells the story of an 80-year-old woman who single-handedly dismantled a drug trafficking scheme in Copacabana.
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"It is impossible to talk about Andrucha Waddington work without praising how grand Fernanda Montenegro performance is. She was 92 years old when the film was shot, and according to her, this will likely be her last cinematic work due to the exhaustion and demands of filmmaking. The movie is being released at a time when Brazilian cinema is thriving, which brings it the prestige and attention it deserves, despite a terrible choice in visual promotion, such as the much-criticized controversy surrounding the film's main poster. Fernanda Montenegro portrayal of Nina is deeply moving, it make..."
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Although there was some criticism on casting Fernanda Montenegro, a white actress, for the role of Nina, based on the real-life story of Joana Zeferino da Paz, who was originally a black woman, Paz's true identity and ethnicity couldn't be revealed by the film producers at the time of the shooting. It was only publicly revealed that she was a black woman after she passed away, in 2023, at the age of 97, when the movie was already in post-production.
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Based on a true story, the movie tells the story of an 80-year-old woman who single-handedly dismantled a drug trafficking scheme in Copacabana.