Hour of the Star
Released: 1985
Drama, Comedy
Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
Starring: Marcélia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman, Fernanda Montenegro, Denoy de Oliveira, Umberto Magnani, Carlos Cambraia, Cleide Queiroz
Directed by: Suzana Amaral
Written by: Alfredo Oroz, Clarice Lispector, Suzana Amaral
Language: Portuguese
Scenes
Macabéa (Marcelia Cartaxo) gets up in the middle of the night to use the chamber pot next to her bed. A few seconds of peeing are heard, and then she begins gnawing on a piece of meat while continuing to sit there.