Anna Muylaert on film's inspiration, casting Regina Case & the house
The Brazilian writer/director talks about how considering her own motherhood led to this story of a housekeeper who tries to give her daughter a better life, as well as casting Brazil's Oprah Regina Case, finding the house they shot in, why she likes to rehearse (just not with her script), and how she found the film's recurring image in the kitchen:
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