Suburban Angels

The film takes place on the outskirts of São Paulo. Three women work as teachers. All three work in the same poor district. Carmo lives under pressure from her husband. He does not want her to work. In the end she decides to give up teaching. Dália is involved with a married man. The neighbourhood looks down on the relationship. She also has a brother who is an addict. The burden of caring for him falls on her. Rosa has lost her faith in the profession. It seems to her there is nothing left she can do at the school. The lives of the three run together with the poverty around them. The film shows daily life as it is. Betty Faria and Clarisse Abujamra appear in the ninety minute film, a Brazilian production Carlos Reichenbach finished in 1987.