Domésticas (2001)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Directors:

Fernando Meirelles
Nando Olival

Writers:

Cecília Homem de Mello (screenplay)
Fernando Meirelles (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 October 2002 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other...

Plot Keywords:

Maid | São Paulo | Satire | Brazil | South America

Awards:

7 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Cláudia Missura	...	Raimunda
Graziela Moretto	...	Roxane
Lena Roque	...	Créo
Olivia Araújo	...	Quitéria
Renata Melo	...	Cida
Robson Nunes	...	Jailto
Tiago Moraes	...	Gilvan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jo Columbo
Eduardo Estrela
Georgetta Fadel
Roberta Garcia
Patricia Gaspar
Raul Gazolla		(as Raul Gazola)
Cecília Homem de Mello
Cybele Jácome
Fabio Madeira
Luis Miranda
Fabinho Nepo
Teca Pereira
Celaide Queiroz
Luciano Quirino
Marcia Ribeiro
Cristina Rocha
Plinio Soares
Deo Teixeira
Theo Werneck

Also Known As:

Maids (International: English title)

Runtime:

Netherlands:85 min (Rotterdam Film Festival)

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Australia:M | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

O2 Filmes

Soundtrack:

Você é Tudo para Mim

I Cannot Laugh of a Brazilian Social Problem

In São Paulo, the lives of five domestic household servants along a few days is presented in this movie, showing their daily affairs, dreams and relationship with their employees. First of all, this movie is made for Brazilians only, who are aware of our social problems, and not for foreigners, who could not understand how a person works 26 days per month, sometimes 14 hours per day, earning about US$ 80,00 per month. Many jokes are related to the wrong way of speaking and accent from the country (specially from the North of Brazil) of most household servants, who mostly are illiterate and come from very poor and humble areas, trying to have a better life in the big city (specially in Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo). I myself cannot laugh of the situation of these poor workers. This movie loses the chance to criticize a serious social problem, being too much shallow for my taste. Anyway, there are great interpretations and a good structure for a low budget movie. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): 'Domésticas – O Filme' ('Domestic Household Servants – The Movie')