Maids (2001)
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.
Directors:
Nando Olival, Fernando Meirelles.
Writers:
Nando Olival, Renata Melo, Cecília Homem de Mello, Fernando Meirelles.
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Graziella Moretto as Roxane |
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Lena Roque as Créo |
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Olivia Araújo as Quitéria |
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Luis Miranda as Abreu |
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Robson Nunes as Jailto |
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Tiago Moraes as Gilvan |
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Cláudia Missura as Raimunda |
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Renata Melo as Cida |
| Directing | Nando Olival | Director |
| Directing | Fernando Meirelles | Director |
| Camera | Lauro Escorel | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ana Soaras | Line Producer |
| Production | Andrea Barata Ribeiro | Executive Producer |
| Art | Dárida Rodrigues | Set Decoration |
| Sound | André Abujamra | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Cecília Homem de Mello | Casting |
| Production | Andrea Barata Ribeiro | Producer |
| Art | Frederico Pinto | Art Direction |
| Writing | Nando Olival | Screenplay |
| Sound | Miriam Biderman | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Renata Melo | Screenplay |
| Editing | Déo Teixeira | Editor |
| Writing | Cecília Homem de Mello | Screenplay |
| Production | Bel Berlinck | Executive Producer |
| Art | Tulé Peak | Art Direction |
| Production | Rita Fernandes | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Van Steen | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Fernando Meirelles | Screenplay |
| Crew | Guilherme Ayrosa | Sound Recordist |