Gabriela

Gabriela

5.9IMDb Score
Released:1983-03-24
Duration:99 min
Country:Brazil
Director:Bruno Barreto
Actors:Sonia Braga, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonio Cantafora, Paulo Goulart, Tania Boscoli
Production:Sultana, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.

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