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The Three Marias

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Filomena (Marieta Severo) breaks her engagement to Firmino (Carlos Vereza) and marries his rival. Thirty years later, Firmino takes his revenge by murdering her husband and two sons. Filomena sends her daughters, Maria Francisca (Julia Lemmertz), Maria Rosa (Maria Luísa Mendonça) and Maria Pia (Luíza Mariani), in search of three different assassins, one each for Firmino and his children. But all the killers they find prove to be unsuitable, so the daughters prepare to murder the men themselves.

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Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Jamie Russell BBC.com Rated: 2/5 Feb 3, 2004 Full Review Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter A luridly baroque tale of violent revenge, this Brazilian-Italian entry relies heavily on atmospheric visuals to compensate for its lack of depth in both plotting and characterizations. Jun 5, 2003 Full Review Prairie Miller WBAI Web Radio The good news is that for a change the females, however malevolent, get to use their brains rather than their bodies as problem solving implements. May 15, 2007 Full Review Bob Campbell Newark Star-Ledger At times, the filmmaker seems unsure of his mission. He should have had Filomena for his producer. Jun 3, 2003 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 1, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A Brazilian revenge tale. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review walter m [font=Century Gothic]In the Brazilian film, "The Three Marias", the husband and two sons of Filomena(Marieta Severo) have just been brutally murdered. She gathers her three grown daughters, Maria Francisca(Julia Lemmertz), Maria Rosa(Maria Luisa Mendonca) and Maria Pia(Luiza Mariani), and instructs them to employ three hitmen to kill the murderers and bring their heads to her.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"The Three Marias" is an odd, beguiling and violent revenge flick with an interesting structure. The film uses religious symbolism to comment on misogyny in the Church, thus lending a definite feminist edge to the whole project, especially with the strong female characters.[/font] Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Filomena (Marieta Severo) breaks her engagement to Firmino (Carlos Vereza) and marries his rival. Thirty years later, Firmino takes his revenge by murdering her husband and two sons. Filomena sends her daughters, Maria Francisca (Julia Lemmertz), Maria Rosa (Maria Luísa Mendonça) and Maria Pia (Luíza Mariani), in search of three different assassins, one each for Firmino and his children. But all the killers they find prove to be unsuitable, so the daughters prepare to murder the men themselves.
Director
Aluizio Abranches
Producer
Eva Mariani
Screenwriter
Heitor Dhalia, Wilson Freire
Production Co
Lama Filmes
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Surround