Maids

Year: 2001

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: Portuguese

Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Nando Olival

ComedyDrama

It follows five domestic workers in São Paulo in an episodic, impressionistic style. Their days intersect on buses, at work and in brief encounters. Rai wants a husband, Créo longs for her lost daughter, Roxane seeks modeling, Quitéria duped by thieves, and Cida juggles a husband and a lover. Each attains wish, though fulfillment remains ambiguous.

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