Avassaladoras

“Avassaladoras” means Overwhelming Women.

It’s a romantic comedy about single women in search of a relationship. It tells the story of Laura and her three female friends in a desperate journey that ends when she finds out that what she really needed all the way was to feel good herself.

Prize of Best Actress, Best Editing and Art Direction in the Miami Film Festival.

• Best Actress, Best Editing and Best Art Direction in the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami.
• Participated in the Shanghai International Film Festival and in the New Dehli International Film Festival.
• The biggest Brazilian box office among national movies of 2002.

Avassaladoras (Overwhelming Women) is a comedy that plays with the confused relationships between men and women these days. And in the stunning scenery of Rio de Janeiro comes with charm and mood of a universal problem: the fight against loneliness.
Laura is a beautiful woman of 34 years successful career in graphic designer, friendly and interesting. Even with so many qualities, it is no boyfriend for over a year. Incidentally, boyfriend, it’s too much to ask: the truth is that Laura is no absolutely “nothing” – romance, casinhos, casual sex – for over a year! And she is not the only one of its group facing relationship problems. Her friend Betty is a man-eater, but hides a huge inner fragility; Paula is pregnant with a guy who’s dating only by grace; and Tereza work so he has no time for love. All dream of finding a prince, a nice man, anything! But it’s hard.

A series of coincidences just dragging Laura for a type of establishment that still exists in full information age: a marriage agency. Lucia, the owner of the Funny “Honeymoon” agency suggests some candidates to the heart of Laura. Among them, the rustic Miguel is – and the results are amazing … Two other people help Laura in his quest: his grandmother Mary Alice, a lady up there in irreverent and sensitive Marcel, author of the for which our heroine is making the cover, “Women on someone search”. But there are people who decidedly harmful, as Thiago, the “don juan” office.
Gradually, Laura goes recovering self-esteem and self-confidence. Touches of friends and contact with Miguel opens his head to new possibilities: It is precisely when it begins to consider a more serious thing with Miguel, the irresistible Thiago comes to confuse your ideas. Laura is confused, but eventually realize that it is useless to force the destination, and decides to leave the boat roll …

The film ended an optimistic note, and make the public happy back home.

 

 

 

 

 

CAST

Laura…………………………………………………………………….Giovanna Antonelli

Thiago…………………………………………………………………..Reynaldo Gianecchini

Miguel……………………………………………………………………Caco Ciocler

Lúcia……………………………………………………………………..Rosi Campos

Paula…………………………………………………………………….Ingrid Guimarães

Tereza…………………………………………………………………..Chris Nicklas

Betty……………………………………………………………………..Paula Cohen

Maria Alice……………………………………………………………..Márcia Real

Marcel……………………………………………………………………Wellington Nogueira

Vera………………………………………………………………………Cristina Prochaska

Débora………………………………………………………………….Marília Gabriela

Technical crew

Wardrobe…………………………………………………………………..Karla Monteiro

Music ……………………………………………………….André Moraes

Art director ………………………………………………………..Alexandre Meyer

Cinematography ……………………………………………….José Tadeu Ribeiro

Story  ……………………………………………………Mara Mourão

Screenplay ……………………………………………………………………Mara Mourão, Melanie Dimantas, Tony Góes

Associate producers ……………………………………………. Giovanna Antonelli, Reynaldo Gianecchini

Executive Producer ………………………………………………….Ricky Ferreira

Produced by ……………………………………………………………….. Walkiria Barbosa, Iafa Britz, Vilma Lustosa, Marcos Didonet

Directed by …………………………………………………………………..Mara Mourão

 

Distributed by Fox Film Brazil

Release date: January 18, 2002

 

AVASSALADORAS is a lightweight and uncompromising comedy, about women looking for someone. The film creates a new woman concept for which this adjective fits perfectly. An overwhelming woman is a woman who knows what she wants, is a thorough professional and above all is good about herself, feels good on your skin. Anyway, it has a very high self-esteem. She always gets what she wants. “Laura”, the main character of the film, is not a well woman. On the contrary, despite being beautiful, she’s clumsy, insecure. Throughout the film, he matures and learns how to become overwhelming!

THE SCRIPT

The script was written inspired by the many women friends of director Mara Mourao and many funny stories about the emotional problems of women, almost always looking for someone.

An honest reflection on the complexity of life today. After all, women in the struggle to find an ideal partner, end up making use of various methods: they are casual encounters via the Internet or through dating agencies.

Laura, the main character, is very distressed by not finding a mate. This actually happens to thousands of women around the world. It is this element that makes this film a commercial project appeal, especially among the female audience. As a previous example we can mention the movie “First Wives Club” with Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler, who was among the top ten US box office in 1998. Or even “Bridget Jones” box office success 2001.

In Avassaladoras the main characters are women thirties, anxious about the painful prospect of arriving alone at forty.

SCENARIO

For a low-budget film could be made possible, they were used in the filming locations rather than sets. Therefore, the film had one of the best rental producers in Brazil: Johnny Catrolli. 36 locations were filmed in 31 days, all in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The outdoor show postcards of the city. Overwhelming shows us a very charming Rio de Janeiro, a mixture of sophisticated scenarios with the chaos of the city center (the scene of the Arab spice shop).

The overwhelming STYLE

Overwhelming is a lightweight and uncompromising comedy, about women looking for someone. The film creates a new woman concept for which this adjective fits perfectly. An overwhelming woman is a woman who knows what she wants, is a thorough professional and above all is good about herself, feels good on your skin. Anyway, it has a very high self-esteem. She always gets what she wants. “Laura”, the main character of the film, is not a well woman. On the contrary, despite being beautiful, she’s clumsy, insecure. Throughout the film, he matures and learns how to become overwhelming!