Karim Ainouz's eighth film won the Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes.
will be the country's submission in the international feature film Oscar category., chronicles the story of two women struggling with repression and prejudice in 1950s-era Brazil and was described as a "sensual melodrama about spirited women in a machista culture" in"It's unbelievable, I'm jumping with joy.
"This proves Brazilian film culture, at a time like this, credits us as artists and citizens," Monetenegro said to
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