Vida de Menina

Vida de Menina is a 2003 Brazilian drama film. It was the first feature-length fiction film directed by Helena Solberg. The film is an adaptation of Minha Vida de Menina, the diary of Helena Morley.

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• Cast
• Plot
• References

It won five awards at the 2004 Gramado Film Festival.

Cast

Ludmila Dayer as Helena Morley

Daniela Escobar as Carolina

Dalton Vigh as Alexandre

Maria de Sá as Teodora

Camilo Bevilacqua as Geraldo

Lolô Souza Pinto as Madge

Benjamim Abras as Teodomir

Lígia Cortez as Iaiá

Plot

The film takes place in Diamantina, Minas Gerais in the period following the abolition of slavery in Brazil. It focuses on the life of Helena Morley, an adolescent who tells her daily life in her diary which, when published in the 1950s, became internationally famous.