Maids
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69% Critic Match

Maids

6.9 / 10 2001 1h 28mNR Portuguese
DramaComedy

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Graziella Moretto

Graziella Moretto

Roxane

Lead
Lena Roque

Lena Roque

Créo

Olivia Araújo

Olivia Araújo

Quitéria

Luis Miranda

Luis Miranda

Abreu

Robson Nunes

Robson Nunes

Jailto

TM

Tiago Moraes

Gilvan

Cláudia Missura

Cláudia Missura

Raimunda

RM

Renata Melo

Cida

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nando Olival's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Maids is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker