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A Real Woman

A Real Woman

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A Real Woman

1955

1h 44m

6.0(3 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A nurse falls in love with her patient and secretly marries him. When treating another patient, he falls in love with her and, pretending to be in agony, asks for one last wish: to marry him, and she accepts.

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8 featured cast members

Starring

Inezita Barroso

Inezita Barroso

Amélia

Colé Santana

Colé Santana

Bamba

Adoniran Barbosa

Adoniran Barbosa

Raquel Martins

Raquel Martins

Carlos Araújo

Ivaná

Gessy Fonseca

Zé Bacurau

Creative team

Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti
Written by: Miroel Silveira
Oswaldo Moles

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