Dias e Noites

In 1945, the teenager Clotilde is a rebel in the conservative countryside of Rio Grande do Sul. A couple of years later, she marries the rude and abusive farmer Pedro Roldão (Antonio Calloni) to save her father from bankruptcy. When she has a daughter, Pedro submits Clotilde (Maura Schneider) to all sort of humiliations and abuses expecting to have a son. After delivering a son, she witness Pedro leaving the house of his mistress and she decides to leave him, being brutally beat. Further, she loses the guard of her daughter and her son in the manliest society. Clotilde sues Pedro in the slow justice system, and along the years, she has an affair with the lawyer Motta (José Vitor Castiel); the playboy Felipe (Dan Stulbach); and the businessman Aires de Lucena (José de Abreu) that gives her economical independence. When her daughter Joana (Natália Schneider) is murdered by her husband, Clotilde decides to fight against Pedro for the guard of her granddaughter.

"Dias e Noite" is a great drama based on a true story of a woman treated like object by the men of her conservative and manliest society along the days and nights of the 50's up to the 70's. The plot is engaging, supported by a beautiful cinematography and good direction and acting. The best line is when Clotilde tells her mother and grandmother that they have taught her only how to be a woman, reflecting a dark period of the women rights in the Brazilian society. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Dias e Noites" ("Days and Nights")