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    A Causa Secreta

    94'

    1994-09-14

    3.3

    Drama

    Overview:

    Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around town witnessing long lines in National Health Services, inhuman conditions in public hospitals and poor people being constantly humiliated. They find people are becoming indifferent to human suffering.

    DirectingSérgio BianchiWritingMachado de Assis

    Cast

    1

    Rodrigo Santiago

    1

    Esther Góes

    1

    Lígia Cortez

    1

    José Rubens Chachá

    1

    Renato Borghi

    1

    Cláudia Mello

    1

    Elisa Lucinda

    1

    Luiz Ramalho

    1

    Denis Victorazo

    1

    Sílvio

    Alexandre Paternost

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Brazil
    • List of languages:
      1. Portuguese
    • List of companies:
      1. Vote Count: 3
      2. Popularity: 0.2374
      3. Status: Released
      4. Original title:A Causa Secreta

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