A Opção ou As Rosas da Estrada

Brasil, 1981
Director: Ozualdo Candeias
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Dirección, guión, fotografía, montaxe e produción: Ozualdo R. Candeias
Produtora: Prodsul Produções Cinematográficas, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura do Governo de São Paulo e Embrafilme
Con: Carmen Angélica, Alan Fontaine, Cristina Gondinho, Carmen Ortega, Virgílio Roveda, Lair Norton, Júlio Veloso, Zé Risonho, Cláudia Camargo e Jasa

Based on firsthand experiences and combining documentary and fiction, Candeias delves into the plight of exploited rural women who cut sugar cane and live in crumbling neighborhoods along the highway. Dreaming of a better life, and with no other option than prostitution, many of them hit the road towards the big city, where new ways of exploitation awaits them.