In 1971, military dictatorship in Brazil reaches its height. The Paiva family — Rubens, Eunice, and their five children — live in a beachside house in Rio, open to all their friends. One day, Rubens is taken for questioning and does not return.
There is nothing at all sexual or inappropriate about the above mentioned gesture. It's a really well known, basic "magic" trick for children. (Making it look like he's removed his thumb and then put it back on again)
Eunice (Fernanda Torres) takes a very thorough shower upon arriving home from twelve days of interrogation and confinement. We see her breasts and buttocks, as does her eleven-year-old son, Marcelo, who walks in on her in the bathroom.