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Winner of the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, Ozualdo R. Candeias masterpiece A OPÇÃO OU AS ROSAS DA ESTRADA combines masterful handheld documentary camerawork in black and white with staged action based on firsthand experiences to delve into the profoundly quotidian reality of a group of rural women who cut sugar cane and live modestly in ramshackle 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 forms of exploitation awaits them. Director: Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias. AKA The Option Writer: Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias. Stars: Carmem Angélica, Vilma Camargo, Nere de Passy, Jairo Ferreira, Alan Fontaine, Cristina Godinho, José Lopes, Lair Norton, Carmem Ortega, Zé Risonho, Virgílio Roveda, Júlia Veloso. Cinematographer: Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias.
