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Wikipedia article




'Vida de Menina' is a 2004 Brazilian drama film. It was the first feature-length fiction film directed by Helena Solberg. The film is an adaptation of 'Minha Vida de Menina', the diary of Helena Morley.

It won five awards at the 2004 Gramado Film Festival.

Cast



* Ludmila Dayer as Helena Morley

* Daniela Escobar as Carolina

* Dalton Vigh as Alexandre

* Maria de S as Teodora

* Camilo Bevilacqua as Geraldo

* Lol Souza Pinto as Madge

* Benjamim Abras as Teodomir

* Lgia Cortez as Iai

Plot



The film takes place in Diamantina, Minas Gerais in the period following the abolition of slavery in Brazil. It focuses on the life of Helena Morley, an adolescent who tells her daily life in her diary which, when published in the 1950s, became internationally famous.

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