Malu

Malu (2024)★ 7.5/10

BR · 100 min · January 21, 2024

  • Drama

Directed by: Pedro Freire

Written by: Pedro Freire

Malu, a 50-year-old unemployed actress living off memories of her glorious past, shares a run-down home in a Rio de Janeiro slum with her conservative mother, whilst also dealing with a troubled relationship with her own daughter.

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SseamouseJanuary 24, 2024
Rio’s Flavo should also reject drugs. It is also because of the mother's drug addict nature, make the torn relationship and noisy sex scenes between mother daughter in the film are rationalized. But as a theater audience, I still can't accept this potentially real sound and relationship.
LLee RosalJune 28, 2025
Bom, estive na minha semana de maratona de Carol Duarte. Penso que Malu contem muito da intimidade que só as mulheres sabem, relações de mães e filhas, difícil, mas é a vida escancarada e linda apesar de tudo. Me identifiquei com inúmeras situações aqui, tanto que fiquei em estado de choque em alguns momentos, principalmente quando penso na pauta da saúde mental. Cinema vivíssimo.

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