The Option

6.5 (6 votes)• 1981• 88m•Released

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The Option centers on a group of rural women who cut sugar cane and live in ramshackle highway neighborhoods. For many, their only escape to a potentially better life is through prostitution, often with truck drivers.

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Languages: Portuguese

Director: Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias

Starring Cast: Carmem Angélica, Nere di Passi, Carmem Ortega, Virgílio Roveda, Alan Fontaine, Jairo Ferreira

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Carmem Angélica

Nere di Passi

Carmem Ortega

Virgílio Roveda

Alan Fontaine

Jairo Ferreira

José Lopes

Affonso Brazza

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