A Causa Secreta (1994)
Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around town witnessing long lines in National Health Services, inhuman conditions in public hospitals and poor people being constantly humiliated. They find people are becoming indifferent to human suffering.
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Cast
Rodrigo Santiago
Esther Góes
Ester Contim Góes (São Paulo, February 4, 1946) is a renowned and award-winning Brazilian actress..
Lígia Cortez
José Rubens Chachá
Renato Borghi
Renato de Castro Borghi (Rio de Janeiro, March 30, 1937) is a Brazilian actor and author. One of the main members of Teatro Oficina, a vigorous interpreter of striking roles, in which he knows how to...
Cláudia Mello
Director
Sérgio Bianchi