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The film uses its supernatural premise to interrogate contemporary Brazilian society [6]:

After a tragic birth sequence, the film jumps forward several years. Clara is now raising Ana’s son, Joel , in her modest neighborhood [4, 7]. Joel is a werewolf, and Clara must go to extreme lengths—including chaining him up during full moons—to protect him from his own nature and the outside world [14]. Core Themes Good Manners (2017)

The unequal power dynamic between Clara (a Black woman from the periphery) and Ana (a wealthy white woman) remains a central tension, even as they fall in love [10, 24, 29]. The film uses its supernatural premise to interrogate