Overview
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.
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Setting
Set in São Paulo
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Music
Music by André Abujamra
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Nando OlivalScreenplay
- Cecília Homem de MelloScreenplay
- Renata MeloScreenplay
- Fernando MeirellesScreenplay
- Original title
- Domésticas - O Filme
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 25, 2001
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
Production
Cast
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