(Brazil, 2001, 90 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
A fast, sexy, and life affirming film from the director of CITY OF GOD, MAIDS offers both superb slice-of-life acting and sophisticated film work. In Brazil, there are no less than three million housemaids, each with her own, yet universal story of loneliness, ambitions and loss but also of mutual solidarity and love. Based on one of the most popular and widely praised modern Brazilian stage plays, this defiant and original film, follows the stories of five maids who are brought together by the drudgery of their work and the bus they ride. Set to the rhythm of a samba, the film draws an intimate portrait of these characters and their problems.
     
MIAMI
Saturday, March 20, 8pm / Tuesday, March 23, 8pm
The Tower Theater (in Little Havana)
Presented by the Miami International Film Festival
1508 S.W. 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
     
BOSTON
Friday, March 5, 6pm / Saturday, March 6, 12:30pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue. Boston, MA 02115 / (617) 369-3306 /
     
CHICAGO
Saturday, March 13, 1pm / Sunday, March 14, 1pm
Facets Cinémathèque
1517 W. Fullerton Avenue. Chicago, IL 60614 / (773) 281-4114 /
     
   
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