''Doce de Mãe'' ( en, Sweet Mother, italic=yes) is a Brazilian

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release as a year-end special with 01 episode (season 1, 2012), and a limited series with 14 episodes (season 2, 2014) produced by Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre and broadcast by

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on December 27, 2012. It was written and directed by

Jorge Furtado Jorge Alberto Furtado (born June 9, 1959) is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Furtado attended university for courses in medicine, psychology, journalism and arts but didn't graduate. He began his profe ...

and Ana Luiza Azevedo, and

Fernanda Montenegro Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ( /feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu/), is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress. Considered by many the greatest Brazil ...

stars as Dona Picucha.

Plot

Picucha (

) may seem old-fashioned, but she has modern ideas and a great sense of humor. As the matriarch of a big family, she is involved in the daily lives of her children, grandchildren and other relatives. Undeterred by the typical problems of old age, she uses her many years of experience to solve problems in the best way possible. Her children are becoming less and less comfortable with the fact that she still lives alone in the house at her age. However, it is Picucha herself who surprises everyone when she makes the spontaneous decision to move to a nursing home. She revolutionizes her new home by organizing gambling and concerts. It is there that she also has an idea about how to help her unemployed son—start a business that resells the benefits normally reserved for the elderly, such as parking places and preferential customer service. However, despite her lively lifestyle there, Picucha decides to leave the home and return to her family, thereby starting a sequence of living at her children's houses. In addition to all of these activities, this indefatigable woman still needs to address other issues such as the suspicion that her late husband had a daughter out of wedlock. She not only solves the mystery but also discovers that she feels a motherly love for the young girl.

Cast

as Maria Izabel "Picucha" de Souza * Marco Ricca as Sílvio de Souza * Louise Cardoso as Elaine de Souza *

Mariana Lima Mariana Gomes Ferreira Lima-Díaz (born August 25, 1972) is a Brazilian actress and producer. Personal life Since 1997, she has been married to director Enrique Díaz, with whom she has two daughters, Elena and Antônia. Filmography Telev ...

as Suzana de Souza *

Matheus Nachtergaele Matheus Nachtergaele (born 3 January 1968) is a Brazilian actor, director, and screenwriter. Career He has starred in numerous Brazilian films, best known for his appearances in the 1997 film ''Four Days in September'' and the 2002 film '' City ...

as Fernando de Souza * Daniel de Oliveira as Jesus Medeiros * Mirna Spritzer as Zaida * Elisa Volpatto as Carolina de Souza * Barbara Borgga as Lenir * Sérgio Lulkin as Seu Dirceu * Áurea Baptista as Florinha de Souza * Evandro Soldatelli as Roberto

Awards

See too

* '' Doce de Mãe'' (TV series)

References

External links

Sweet Mother
at the Globo TV International * 2012 television films 2012 films 2012 drama films Emmy Award winners Brazilian television films 2010s Portuguese-language films Films set in 2012 Rede Globo original programming Brazilian drama films {{tv-film-stub