A Man and His Cage

A Man and His Cage — Plot

The painter Tino, in professional and political crisis, receives a telegram from his mother-in-law, Selma, announcing her return from Europe. After his wife's death, Tino continues living with Selma, with whom he had ambiguous relations, which he now wants to sever. Weak at this impossible love, he asks the maid Enedina to lock him in his room. There, he revives memories through letters, notes and photographs. Selma's son João is waiting for her at the airport and dreams of loving fulfillment in his own mother's arms.

• Release date
• September 23, 1974
• Runtime
• 73 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Fernando Coni Campos

A Man and His Cage — Cast

Hugo Carvana Tino João Carlos Barroso João

E

Esmeralda Barros Enedina

T

Talula Campos Selma Luis Carlos Miele Valdomiro Helena Ignez Aeromoça Joel Barcellos Delegado Jofre Soares Homossexual