Rita Assemany (Mother)

Rita Assemany began working in the theater as an adolescent, in 1980. Soon she became one of the most respected actresses in Bahia, appearing in productions of All Nudity Shall Be Punished, The Balcony, The Decameron, and Cabaré Brazil, among other plays. In 1992 she starred in the monologue Oficina Condensada, which became a great success with the public and ran for more than one year. In 1997, she was directed by Hans Ulrich Becker in a production of Medea. In film, Rita Assemany appeared in Central Station, by Walter Salles, and is the only actress who plays in all three episodes of the feature Três Histórias da Bahia. For the short film Pixaim, she won awards as Best Actress at the Curitiba and Brasilia Film Festivals.