Movie: The Option

Top 8 Billed Cast

Carmem Angélica
Carmem Angélica

Nere di Passi
Nere di Passi

Carmem Ortega
Carmem Ortega

Virgílio Roveda
Virgílio Roveda

Alan Fontaine
Alan Fontaine

Jairo Ferreira
Jairo Ferreira

José Lopes
José Lopes

Affonso Brazza
Affonso Brazza

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    The Option centers on a group of rural women who cut sugar cane and live in ramshackle highway neighborhoods. For many, their only escape to a potentially better life is through prostitution, often with truck drivers.

  • Release Date

    1981-11-05

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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  • Languages:

    Português
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