The Second Mother (2015 film)
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| Portuguese | Que Horas Ela Volta? |
| Directed by | Anna Muylaert |
| Written by | Anna Muylaert |
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| Cinematography | Bárbara Alvarez |
| Edited by | Karen Harley |
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| Distributed by | Pandora Filmes |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Budget | R$4 million |
| Box office | $3 million |
The Second Mother (Portuguese: Que Horas Ela Volta?, lit. 'When Is She Coming Back?') is a 2015 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Anna Muylaert. The film stars Regina Casé as Val, the housemaid of a wealthy family in São Paulo, and portrays the tensions that arise after her daughter Jéssica moves into the family's house in order to apply for an admission exam at the University of São Paulo.
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was later released theatrically in Brazil on 27 August 2015. It received critical praise in and outside Brazil and was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted The Second Mother the 71st greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films.