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The Force of a Smile
Follows the story of Carla Sarni (Antônia Morais), a young woman who sold clothes as a bag seller to pay for dentistry school. After graduating, Carla starts working at a clinic, buys the office where she was an employee and opens her first business. To do this, she receives help from her husband Cléber (Sidney Sampaio), a former soldier who left the military to help her with the office's accounting and become a dentist.
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Follows the story of Carla Sarni (Antônia Morais), a young woman who sold clothes as a bag seller to pay for dentistry school. After graduating, Carla starts working at a clinic, buys the office where she was an employee and opens her first business. To do this, she receives help from her husband Cléber (Sidney Sampaio), a former soldier who left the military to help her with the office's accounting and become a dentist.
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Genre:Drama, Documentary
Written By:Sofia Maldonado, Thaís Tavares
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Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:Bmouse Productions
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