Sinopsis: Una empleada doméstica se divide entre lo cotidiano de la casa donde trabaja y la difícil vida de su hogar. La historia explota el calor y el frío de las situaciones que van del gran humor a la gran violencia física y psicológica. Fausta is a survivor who dreams of building a house on the land she is buying on the installment plan. Meanwhile she lives in a one-room tin-roofed hovel with her idle husband, João, and she works as a maid. The elderly but randy Zé, who carries advertising signs at the train station, buys her perfume and invites her to spend Sundays with him. She accepts. After João injures his foot, stops working, drinks more, and wallows in self pity, Fausta sees Zé as her way out, if he will help her buy the land and build a house. Through it all, she is a scourge, arguing, jeering and being jeered, but also displaying the spirit and energy of her idol, Tina Turner.
Titulo Original: Romance da empregada Dirección: Bruno Barreto País(es): Brasil Idioma Original: Español Formato: 35 mm Categoría: Ficción Tipo: Color Duración: 94 min. Año de producción: 1988 Productora: Produçoes Cinematográficas Luiz Carlos Barreto Ltda. Distribuidora: Embrafilme Guión: Naum Alves de Souza Fotografía: José Medeiros, José Tadeu Ribeiro Edición: Isabelle Rathery Música: Rubén Blades Sonido: Jorge Saldanha Intérpretes: Betty Faria, Daniel Filho, Brandao Filho, Analú Prestes, Duse Nacarati, Guida Vianna