Maids (2001)
"Domésticas" (original title)

Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have longings: Rai for a husband, Créo for her lost ... See full summary »

Directors:

Fernando Meirelles, Nando Olival

Writers:

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

Stars:

Cláudia Missura, Graziela Moretto, Lena Roque

7 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited 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

Storyline

Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have longings: Rai for a husband, Créo for her lost daughter, Roxane for a career in modeling. Quitéria is naive, a gull for thieves. Cida has a husband and also a lover. While each woman gets what she wishes for (more or less), it doesn't always make things better. As Roxane says, no child sets out to become a maid. But once there, are all other doors closed?

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Plot Keywords:

maid | social satire | satire | social differences | latin america | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [br]

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

3 October 2002 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Maids

Company Credits

Production Co:

O2 Filmes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min 85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Estrada do Sol"
Written by Panzeri/Pilat/Pace/Conti/V: Tito
Performed by Perla

User Reviews

Very interesting, I rarely see movies from this country.

Here in Oz, as I suspect in most places, we mainly get fed big Hollywood movies. So this movie, although possibly of a "lower" quality with "lesser ability" actors (although both of those points are highly arguable), was very very interesting because it was quite "different". I mean you would never see say, Julia Roberts or Gwyneth Paltrow in exactly this sort of movie; and I would speculate that actresses of their caliber in fact may not be as convincing as these ones were. So for those of you who say that this or that in the movie was "poor"; with respect, I think that you have missed the point.