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Maids

Original title: Domésticas: O Filme
  • 20012001
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  • 1h 25m
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Domésticas: O Filme (2001)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
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 da... Read allFive 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... Read allFive 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 do... Read all
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  • Directors
    • Fernando Meirelles
    • Nando Olival
  • Writers
    • Cecília Homem de Mello(screenplay)
    • Fernando Meirelles(screenplay)
    • Renata Melo(play)
  • Stars
    • Cláudia Missura
    • Graziella Moretto
    • Lena Roque
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  • Directors
    • Fernando Meirelles
    • Nando Olival
  • Writers
    • Cecília Homem de Mello(screenplay)
    • Fernando Meirelles(screenplay)
    • Renata Melo(play)
  • Stars
    • Cláudia Missura
    • Graziella Moretto
    • Lena Roque
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    • 5User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 16 nominations

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    Cláudia Missura
    • Raildeas Railde…
    Graziella Moretto
    • Roxaneas Roxane
    Lena Roque
    • Créoas Créo
    Olivia Araújo
    • Quitériaas Quitéria
    Renata Melo
    • Cidaas Cida
    Robson Nunes
    Robson Nunes
    • Jailtoas Jailto
    Tiago Moraes
    • Gilvanas Gilvan
    Maria Assunção
    • Cleusaas Cleusa
    Gero Camilo
    • Vlaudineyas Vlaudiney
    Bibba Chuqui
    • Bibbaas Bibba
    Jo Columbo
    Eduardo Estrela
    • Antônioas Antônio
    Georgette Fadel
    • Georgetteas Georgette
    • (as Georgetta Fadel)
    Roberta Garcia
    • Kellyas Kelly
    Patricia Gaspar
    • Patríciaas Patrícia
    Raul Gazolla
      Cecília Homem de Mello
      • Silvanaas Silvana
      Cybele Jácome
      • Mercedesas Mercedes
      • Directors
        • Fernando Meirelles
        • Nando Olival
      • Writers
        • Cecília Homem de Mello(screenplay)
        • Fernando Meirelles(screenplay)
        • Renata Melo(play) (screenplay)
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      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? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
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      • latin america
      • brazil
      • social satire
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        • Comedy
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        Eu Vou Rifar Meu Coração
        Written by Letinho / Lindomar Castilho

        Performed by Lindomar Castilho

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      7/10
      Easy to overrate
      This film squanders an opportunity to make an important social statement. Brazil has a larger gap between rich and poor than any country in the world. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in the contrast between the women who work as domestic household servants and the people they work for. This film zeros in on the personal lives of five of these women. They all share a deep antipathy to their employers, yet the employers are never shown. Thus we never get to see the basis of their antipathy, and it is too easy to chalk this up to mere envy, when it is probably much more. This is hinted at when one of the maids treats a pizza delivery boy very much like the way she is probably treated by her employer.

      The first half of the film is very slow moving and a chore to get through. The second half picks up somewhat. The story at first is hard to follow, the story lines are blurred, and the characters are at first hard to distinguish from one another. Perhaps that is the film's point; your guess is as good as mine. But this is an overall bore that could have been much better.
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      • wjfickling
      • Sep 26, 2002

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      • Release date
        • October 3, 2002 (Germany)
      • Country of origin
        • Brazil
      • Official site
        • Official site (Brazil)
      • Language
        • Portuguese
      • Also known as
        • Domésticas
      • Production company
        • O2 Filmes
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 25 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital

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