Márcia Santos

Aiyra left her small hometown to work in the big city. Conceição, her mother, left many years ago, but she returned.

A reporter for a popular newspaper and a criminal lawyer have their destinies linked by a murder that shocked Brazil in the 1970s and marked the beginning of the debate on femicide.

In a Brazil measured 6×1, Girassóis follows the daily life of Zé, an elderly Black man who is still forced to work. Portraying the harsh reality that burdens Brazilian workers, the story reflects on the challenges of labor—from the daily grind to its impact on family relationships and the fading hopes for a hostile future. Loosely based on true events.