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Que Horas Ela Volta?

Having left her daughter, Jessica, to be raised by relatives in the north of Brazil, Val works as a loving nanny in São Paulo. When Jessica arrives for a visit thirteen years later, she confronts her mother’s slave-like attitude and everyone in the house.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN PORTUGUESE, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
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Val has spent thirteen years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised her daughter Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s college entrance exams roll around, her daughter calls and gives her what seems to be a second chance. Jessica wants to come to São Paulo to take her college entrance exams as well. Filled with joy as well as apprehension, Val gets ready, with the wholehearted support of her employers, for the long dreamed moment of being near her daughter again. But when Jessica arrives, cohabitation is not easy. She doesn’t behave in conformity to what is expected of her and starts to create tension inside the household.

Anna Muylaert, Brasil, 2015, 110 min. Portuguese spoken, Dutch subtitles. With Regina Case, Michel Joelsas, Camila Mardila, Karine Teles, Lourenco Mutarelli.