Maids (film)
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Director Fernando MeirellesNando Olival Release date January 25, 2001 (2001-01-25) (IFRR)April 20, 2001 (2001-04-20) (Brazil) Based on Domesticas by Renata Melo Writer Cecilia Homem de Mello (screenplay), Fernando Meirelles (screenplay), Renata Melo (play), Renata Melo (screenplay), Nando Olival (screenplay) Initial release April 20, 2001 (Sao Paulo) Initial DVD release September 30, 2003 (Netherlands) Cast Cláudia Missura (Raimunda), Graziella Moretto (Roxane), Lena Roque (Créo), Olivia Araújo (Quitéria), Renata Melo (Cida), Robson Nunes (Jailto)Similar movies That Obscure Object of Desire , Girl with a Pearl Earring , 8 Women , La Cérémonie , The Maid , Jellyfish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
During their commute, a quintet of Sao Paulo, Brazil, maids who work separately but travel together by bus discuss their lives. Raimunda (Claudia Missura) seeks true love; Roxanne (Graziela Moretto) wants to be an actress but must deal with sexual exploitation; Cida (Renata Melo) aims for a more exciting sex life with her longtime husband; the awkward Quiteria (Olivia Araujo) seems overmatched by her occupation; and Creo (Lena Roque) continually clashes with her teen daughter.
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Maids (Portuguese: ) is a 2001 Brazilian film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Nando Olival. It is based on the play of the same name by Renata Melo, and has received multiple awards and nominations.
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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Reception
O Estado de S. Paulo praised the film as it differentiates itself from original play thus does not rellies its comic potential on offending domestic workers. The reviewer also commended the fact that it is a film aimed to general people instead of a sociological approach. Variety praised its cinematography as well as the cast, and further called it a "bright Brazilian comedy" that has "a wit and naturalness that Ken Loachs Bread and Roses might envy." Peter Bradshaw, writing for The Guardian said "it is indeed a little gem".
The film won the Best Cinematography and Missura, Moretto, Roque, Araujo and Melo shared the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 2001 Recife Film Festival. The five shared again an award at the Ceara Film Festival; this time a Best Actress Award, though. At the Natal Film Festival, Moraes won the Best Actor Award, Estrela won the Best Supporting Actor Award, and it won the Best Score Award. It won the Best Film Award at the Cuiaba Film Festival, where it also won the Best Screenplay and Best Newcomer (Moretto).
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