Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.

• DirectorNeville D'Almeida
• Release17 April 1980
• Genre
  Drama / Comedy
• Duration1h 49m
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  6.0
  25 reviews
• Productions

  Cineville Produções Cinematográficas, Embrafilme, Terra Filmes