''A Hidden Life'' ( pt, Uma Vida em Segredo) is a 2001 Brazilian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Suzana Amaral Suzana Amaral Rezende (March 28, 1932 – June 25, 2020) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She was best known for the 1985 film ''A Hora da Estrela'' ('' Hour of the Star''). Career Amaral's film career started at the age of 37 whe ...

Cast

* Sabrina Greve as Biela *

Eliane Giardini Eliane Teresinha Giardini (born October 20, 1952) is a Brazilian actress. Although she had little career success until the age of forty, she is now considered one of Brazil's foremost actresses. Biography Giardini was born in Sorocaba, São Pau ...

as Constança * Cacá Carvalho as Conrado * João Antônio as Dr. Godinho * Benício Aleixo Bernardo as

Truco Truco, a variant of Truc, is a trick-taking card game originally from Valencia and the Balearic Islands, popular in South America and Italy. It is usually played using a Spanish deck. Two people may play, or two teams of two or three players ...

player * Neuza Borges as Joviana * Tânia Botelho as Dona Alice * Erasmo Xavier da Costa as Truco player 2 * João Luiz Pompeu de Pina as Cavaleiro 2 * Itamar Gonçalves as Gumercindo * Nayara Guércio as Mazília

Reception

It was entered into the

24th Moscow International Film Festival The 24th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2002. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian-French film ''Resurrection'' directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. Jury * Chinghiz Aitmatov (Kyrgyzstan – Presiden ...

. At the 34th

Festival de Brasília A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival co ...

, it won the Best Actress Award (Sabrina Greve) and Best Sound. It received the Best Director, Best Actress (Greve), and Jury's Special awards at the 28th

Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival ( es, links=no, Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva), held since 1975 in Huelva, Spain, is the oldest film festival in Europe dedicated to the Ibero-American cinema. During the first editions, it was ...

References

External links

* 2001 films 2001 drama films Brazilian drama films 2000s Portuguese-language films Films directed by Suzana Amaral Films set in the 19th century {{2000s-drama-film-stub