Domesticas (Maids)

Mon Oct 11, 2010

20:30

Location

The Shoe Factory
304 Ermou Street
Nicosia, Nicosia

Description

Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride buses, 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 (Raimunda)
Graziela Moretto (Roxane)
Lena Roque (Créo)
Olivia Araújo (Quitéria)

Director: Fernando Meirelles, Nando Olival
Writer: Cecília Homem de Mello, Fernando Meirelles
Runtime: 85 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: Portuguese
Subtitles: English
Production Year: 2001

Part of the 7th Brazilian Film Festival

[youtube=QoBoLqbFNBM]Domesticas Trailer[/youtube]