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The Business Women’s Club

Jongo, a renowned photographer, and Candinho, a young and inexperienced journalist, arrive at a decaying country club of São Paulo's high society, run by women involved with the law.

Release Date : 2024-11-28

Language :Portuguese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Glaz EntretenimentoÁfrica Filmes

Production Country : Brazil

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Candinho

Original Name : Rafael Vitti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jongo

Original Name : Luis Miranda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cesárea

Original Name : Cristina Pereira

Gender : Female

Character Name : Norma

Original Name : Irene Ravache

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brasília

Original Name : Louise Cardoso

Gender : Female

Character Name : Zarife

Original Name : Katiuscia Canoro

Gender : Female

Character Name : Yolanda

Original Name : Grace Gianoukas

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kika da Silva

Original Name : Polly Marinho

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bispa Patrícia

Original Name : Shirley Cruz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fay Smith

Original Name : Helena Albergaria

Gender : Female

Character Name : Donatela

Original Name : Ítala Nandi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Zoraide

Original Name : Maria Bopp

Gender : Female

Character Name : Zulmira

Original Name : Verônica Debom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Segurança 1

Original Name : Nani de Oliveira

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cozinheira Edith

Original Name : Clodd Dias

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raul

Original Name : André Abujamra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jadeson

Original Name : Tales Ordakji

Gender : Male

Character Name : Piero

Original Name : Fernando Billi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedro Henrique

Original Name : Daniel Botelho

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juan

Original Name : Alejandro Hernandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luísa Sales

Original Name : Alexandra Loras

Gender : Male

Character Name : Candinho Mulher

Original Name : Bárbara Maia

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jongo Mulher

Original Name : Samira Carvalho

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jadeson Mulher

Original Name : Badu Morais

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pastor Paulinho Botafogo

Original Name : Bruno Hoffmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheff Claudine

Original Name : Lauretta Martinica

Gender : Male

Character Name : Segurança 2

Original Name : Alecsandra Marascar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Segurança Monitores

Original Name : Angela Valentin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funcionária do Heliporto

Original Name : Ana Luiza Leão

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funcionária Clube

Original Name : Cici Antunes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Funcionário Gato

Original Name : Joaquim Muylaert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alfaiate

Original Name : Enrico Cardoso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jardineira

Original Name : Thiara Téos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Garçom Gato 1

Original Name : Guilherme Gonella

Gender : Male

Character Name : Garçom Gato 2

Original Name : John Barros

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assistente de Cozinha

Original Name : José Abujamra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Motorista

Original Name : Liz Martins

Gender : Male

Reviews

Brent Marchant

@Brent_Marchant

2025-04-06

When a film tries to cover too much territory, it’s often doomed to failure. And such is the case with writer-director Anna Muylaert’s latest feature offering, a picture with an intriguing premise that ultimately doesn’t know where it’s trying to go or what it’s trying to say. This wildly meandering, supremely unfocused (alleged) dark comedy tells the tale of an exclusive São Paulo country club run by women that has fallen on hard times. To prop up the facility’s reputation, the club’s president (Cristina Pereira) arranges to have what she believes to be a puff piece written about it by a neophyte journalist (Rafael Vitti) (who just happens to be her grandson), accompanied by the images of a renowned photographer (Luis Miranda). On the day of the interviews for the article, the organization’s board members assemble at the club, where viewers soon learn that virtually all of them are polished but greedy, unsavory, unprincipled individuals who try to do whatever it takes to protect their reputations – and to stay out of jail. But, in the midst of all this intrigue and subterfuge, all hell breaks loose when three of the president’s pet jaguars escape from their confines at the club and begin running rampant throughout the property. This is where the film falls apart, turning silly, directionless, inconsistent and gratuitous as everyone scrambles to protect their own hides from creatures depicted with some of the worst CGI effects I’ve seen since the overhyped Bollywood spectacle “RRR” (2022). What’s more, unexplained (and ultimately unresolved) story threads emerge from this narrative chaos. In many respects, the film tries to adopt a metaphorically satirical approach in a less-than-successful attempt at making statements about Brazilian politics, government, business and society, with scathing though obvious criticisms about its hypocritical religious practices and inept environmental policies. And then there are this offering’s strangely handled gender aspects. This is most notable in its ubiquitous presentation of inexplicably androgynous, weak-willed males and women who have made misogyny an artform, elements that send questionably disempowering (some might even say woefully inappropriate) messages to viewers, despite the comeuppance experienced by those associated with such behavior. From this, it’s thus easy to see how this is an unduly overstuffed production that comes across as more muddle than riddle and undermines what could have been an engaging premise if better handled. Put simply, this one is a cinematic mess that’s easily passed over.