Hermila grew up there, and she returns filled with giddy fantasies of living happily ever after with her true love. Her boyfriend, Matheus, who fathered the baby, has promised to marry her and should arrive any day.
After trying to eke out some cash by selling raffle tickets for a bottle of whiskey, Hermila β who is well built, with chiseled vulpine features β realizes that her only salable asset is her body. Strictly speaking, raffling off sex is not whoring, Hermila rationalizes to her best friend, Georgina Georgina Castro , a prostitute.
Nor is it promiscuous, since she will sleep only with the winner. With the proceeds, she imagines she will be able to leave Iguatu with her baby and start a new life. As she goes through the village selling tickets, word gets around and her reputation plummets. Even after her grandmother viciously slaps her face and threatens to throw her out of the house, Hermila stands her ground.
Guedes, whose character camouflages her dreamy romantic side under a shell of arrogance and determination. But in its final third, the film loses its way. Zacharias and Mr. Running time: 88 minutes. This film is not rated.
