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Brazilian film on maids' life gets country talking

A Brazilian film about a maid in a wealthy home is not only making waves as Brazil’s Oscars entry, but stirring painful debate over inequality and racism in a country in crisis. “Que Horas Ela Volta?”, released in English as “The Second Mother,” is a long way from the violence-filled depictions of drug gangs, like “City of God,” that foreigners have come to expect from Brazil. Released at a time

Brazilian film on maids' life gets country talking

A Brazilian film about a maid in a wealthy home is not only making waves as Brazil’s Oscars entry, but stirring painful debate over inequality and racism in a country in crisis. “Que Horas Ela Volta?”, released in English as “The Second Mother,” is a long way from the violence-filled depictions of drug gangs, like “City of God,” that foreigners have come to expect from Brazil. Released at a time