Everything's Alright (1978)

Director
Arnaldo Jabor

Main cast
Fernanda Montenegro; Paulo Gracindo; Maria Silvia; Stênio Garcia; Anselmo Vasconcelos

Genres
Comedy

Description
Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a trivial matter into a trip to hell.


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