Val is housemaid to a wealthy Sao Paolo family. She mothers the son of the house more than her distracted employer. When Val’s aspirational daughter comes to stay, in order to apply for university in Sao Paolo, tensions emerge both between mother and daughter and between the pair of them and Val’s other “family”.

An acutely observed social drama with warmth and humour. The title in Protuguese, Que Horas Ela Volta?, means ‘When Is She Coming Back?’, a comment that applies as much to Val’s estrangement from her daughter as to the upper middle-class family’s dependence on her.

“This densely layered yet almost fast paced-feeling drama, from writer-director Anna Muylaert (Collect Call), passes not only the Bechdel test with flying colors but dissects with both chilling precision and humor such matters as class differences, real mothers vs. caretakers and whether privilege and one’s own station are things that can be questioned or changed.” Boyd Van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter.