Top Cast
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Jo Schmidt
Fada
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Magno Argolo
Valter
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Jouá Schmidt
Fada
Overview
Fada is a seamstress who lives and works at the same place, in slavery-like conditions. Under the austere gaze of the henchman Valter and the pressure of a huge order of dresses to produce in record time, she fantasizes her own freedom.
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