A Rapariga Ideal

Mariana Trigo Pereira

IndieLisboa 2015 • Brand New

Portugal, Documentary, 2015, 34′

“The Ideal Girl” brings back the memories of two older Portuguese women who coped with the female image nurtured by the fascist regime. )

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