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5.7/10   235 votes
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Director:
Mara Mourão
Writers:
Melanie Dimantas (writer)
Tony Góes (writer)
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Release Date:
1 February 2002 (Brazil) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
women in search of someone
Plot:
A year after her long time boyfriend showed up at his surprise birthday party with an uninvited date... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
Shallow, Silly and Fake Tropical Version of 'Sex & the City' more

Cast

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Giovanna Antonelli ... Laura
Reynaldo Gianecchini ... Thiago
Caco Ciocler ... Miguel
Rosi Campos ... Lúcia
Ingrid Guimarães ... Paula
Chris Nicklas ... Tereza
Paula Cohen ... Betty
Wellington Nogueira ... Marcel

Cristina Prochaska ... Vera
Márcia Real ... Maria Alice
Marília Gabriela ... Debora
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Overwhelming Women (International: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Argentina:13 | Brazil:Livre
Company:
Teleimage more

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Movie Connections:
Remade as "Avassaladoras - A Série" (2006) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Shallow, Silly and Fake Tropical Version of 'Sex & the City', 9 November 2004
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Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Rio de Janeiro, the thirty-four years old graphic designer Laura (Giovanna Antonelli) is trying to find a perfect boyfriend and get married to have children. Laura has three great girlfriends, and they meet in their vacant time for talking, gossips and looking for men in bars. Laura decides to go to the blind date agency 'Honeymoon', where she meets and dates Miguel (Caco Ciocler), a funny Arab descendant merchant but having a different level of education. Meanwhile, in the firm where she works, the new employee Thiago (Reynaldo Gianecchini) is having affairs with all the women of the office and is sexually arresting her. 'Avassaladoras' is a shallow, silly and fake tropical version of 'Sex & the City', showing four women of thirty and something years in Rio de Janeiro in the same situations of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda in New York. The film is totally stereotyped and full of clichés: everybody is beautiful, has futile concerns with life and lives in wonderful houses and apartments with landscapes of tourist areas of Rio de Janeiro. This movie seems to be a version of the Brazilian useless magazine 'Caras', specialized in housing and gossips of the rich and famous persons, on screen. The worth parts of 'Avassaladoras' are those where the characters of Laura's grandmother and Miguel participate. The beauty of Giovanna Antonelli is also very special and great to be seen. The performance of the ham 'actor' Reynaldo Gianecchini is simply ridiculous. In the excellent present moment of the Brazilian cinema industry, this movie is a shame. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): 'Avassaladoras' ('Overwhelming Women')

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