Overview
Helen lives in a cortiço with her grandmother, Mrs. Graça, who supports the family with informal jobs, such as selling skewers. Still very naive, her biggest concern is buying her grandmother a birthday present: a makeup kit. The girl is going to bend over backwards to get the money and her search will reveal the daily life of those living in tenements, outlining a collective story from the network of relations that the girl establishes.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
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 | 56 | 61 | |
 | 90 | 95 | |
| - | - | |
 | 41 | 46 | |
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| - | - | |
| - | - | |
 | - | - | |
 | 34 | 39 |