Top Cast
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Ângela Marques
Woman
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Rita Moreira
Voice in Radio (voice)
Overview
Based on the installation Santa Paz Domestica, Domesticada by Ana Vieira (1977) and excerpts from the September 22nd, 1956 issue of the magazine O Cruzeiro.
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