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Maids

2001

Fernando Meirelles

2001·Not Rated·BrazilBrazil
Award tierBronze

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?

Cast

Cláudia Missura·Graziella Moretto·Lena Roque·Olivia Araújo

Producers

Andrea Barata Ribeiro·Bel Berlinck·Flávia Thompson

Languages

PortugalPortuguese

Major Awards

0 wins · 1 nomination

Nominations (1)

Festival Grand Prize

International Film Festival Rotterdam (2001)

Tiger Award

Fernando MeirellesNando Olival