Roberto Andrioli

Laura is a 45 year old married woman, with a teenage daughter. Laura starts to express a feeling of discomfort both at home and work, due to a sexual abuse. A new director, Stefania, comes to the company where Laura is working, and the two women eventually become friends. Laura will find the strength to open herself up to Stefania and agree to go to a Center for women against violence, following the advice of her new friend.

In São Paulo, Brazil, the lonely 40-something guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment. She is addicted to her only companions: cigarettes. Baby has a constant conflict with her two sisters, over a couch she inherited from their deceased aunt. When Max, a restaurant musician, moves to the next door apartment, Baby has a crush on him and sees a chance to have a life again. Soon they start having a love affair, and Baby decides to quit smoking. However, her abstinence will be tough to deal with, when she notices Max still misses his ex-wife.

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