Housemaids
Seven adolescents take on the mission of filming, for one week, their family's housemaids and hand over the footage to the director to make a film. The images that confront us uncover the complex relationship that exists between housemaids and their employers, a relationship that confuses intimacy and power in the workplace and provides us with an insight into the echoes of a colonial past that linger in contemporary Brazil.
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Housemaids
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 18, 2012
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
55%
Original Title
Doméstica
Production Companies
FiGa Films, Desvia
Director
Gabriel Mascaro
Description
Seven adolescents take on the mission of filming, for one week, their family's housemaids and hand over the footage to the director to make a film. The images that confront us uncover the complex relationship that exists between housemaids and their employers, a relationship that confuses intimacy and power in the workplace and provides us with an insight into the echoes of a colonial past that linger in contemporary Brazil.
