The Second Mother

BrazilDrama1 Hour 52 Mins

Val is a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern day Sao Paulo who is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers’ needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son. But when Val’s estranged daughter Jessica suddenly shows up the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray. Jessica refuses to accept the upstairs/downstairs dynamic, forcing everyone to reconsider what family really means.