Fabiula Nascimento
Bia
Overview
Surrounded by a lazy husband, a pedantic stepson, a sexist boss, a self-centered friend, and a neighbor who ruins her sleep with frequent parties, Bia must exert enormous energy to maintain control. But the arrival of a young influencer who takes a higher position than her at the magazine where she works is the final straw. On the verge of a breakdown, Bia ends up being treated by Deusa Xana in a kind of esoteric session. As a result, she frees herself from all filters and begins to practice zero tolerance for all the absurdities that affect her daily life.
Cast
12 people
Reviews
6 min readThe Unfiltered Truth About Laughter and Rage
I’ve seen this movie before. Not this exact one, of course—there’s always a new setting, a fresh coat of paint, a different accent. But the premise?
Oh, I know it well. A woman, pushed to the brink by the relentless absurdities of modern life, suddenly loses her filter and starts saying exactly what she thinks. It’s Bridesmaids meets The Devil Wears Prada with a dash of Fleabag, a fantasy of unbridled honesty where every eye-roll, every suppressed sigh, every passive-aggressive text finally gets its moment in the sun. A Woman with No Filter, the Brazilian remake of the Chilean hit Sin Filtro, is the latest entry in this subgenre, and it arrives with all the expected beats: the lazy husband, the sexist boss, the self-absorbed best friend, the mystic healer who unlocks the protagonist’s inner truth-teller.
The question isn’t whether it’s familiar—it is—but whether it earns its laughs, its catharsis, and, most importantly, its rage.
The film’s opening act is a masterclass in setting up a pressure cooker. Bia (Fabiula Nascimento) is an ad executive drowning in the kind of emotional labor that women are expected to perform without complaint: soothing her husband’s ego, managing her stepson’s tantrums, tolerating her boss’s sexist jokes, and nodding along as her best friend monologues about her latest diet. The camera lingers on these moments just long enough to make them feel suffocating, but not so long that the audience loses patience.
It’s a delicate balance, and for the first 20 minutes, A Woman with No Filter walks it well. Then comes the inciting incident: a session with Deusa Xana (Polly Marinho), a mystic healer whose name—“Goddess Vagina”—is either a brilliant piece of branding or a sign that the film is leaning a little too hard into its own quirkiness. Either way, the session works.
Bia’s filter vanishes, and suddenly, she’s telling her boss exactly what she thinks of his “work husband” routine, calling out her husband’s laziness, and eviscerating her best friend’s performative feminism.
And here’s where the film’s first problem rears its head. The confrontations, which should feel like a release valve for the audience’s own pent-up frustrations, start to blur together. There’s the scene where Bia humiliates her boss in front of the entire office.
There’s the one where she reduces her husband to a stammering mess. There’s the one where she eviscerates her influencer colleague (Camila Queiroz) for her vapid, clickbait-driven approach to journalism. Each of these moments is structured the same way: Bia, backed into a corner, delivers a withering monologue, and the recipient of her wrath is left sputtering in her wake.
Audience Opinions
"A lighthearted comedy with charm but struggles to stand out from familiar tropes."
Viewers appreciate the film’s humor and the lead performances, particularly Fabiula Nascimento and Camila Queiroz, for bringing energy and relatability to the story. However, the plot feels predictable, and some side characters lack depth, latestnetflix.com argues, leaving the movie feeling more like a standard comedy than a fresh take.
What viewers praise
- Engaging lead performances Fabiula Nascimento and Camila Queiroz are praised for their lively and charismatic portrayals, making the characters feel authentic and entertaining.
- Lighthearted humor The comedy lands well for many, offering a fun and easygoing tone that keeps the film enjoyable.
- Relatable themes The story’s focus on authenticity and self-expression resonates with audiences looking for a feel-good experience.
Common complaints
- Predictable plot The storyline follows well-worn comedy tropes, leaving little room for surprises or originality.
- Underdeveloped side characters Supporting roles often feel shallow, detracting from the overall depth of the film.
- Lacks depth While entertaining, the movie doesn’t explore its themes or characters with enough nuance to leave a lasting impression.
Recommended for
Fans of light comedies Brazilian cinema enthusiasts Fabiula Nascimento admirers Feel-good movie seekers
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsTati Bernardi called the Chilean original machista. Then she rewrote it.
Tati Bernardi told TELA VIVA that Chile's Sin Filtro, from 2016, was a bit machista and that its jokes had aged badly. Her job was to Brazilianize the script, plant current references, and write a woman over 40 with jokes and some depth. Arthur Fontes wanted the female cut of a comedy that already had remakes in Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Peru, Italy, and Panama. He told Folha de Pernambuco that from the start he wanted to talk about the pressures that teach women to stay quiet, and that Tati's pages let him do it lightly. 
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That is the item worth printing. The movie opened in Brazilian theaters on 21 August 2025. Conspiracao Filmes produced it with Star Original Productions. H2O Films distributed. RioFilme, the City of Rio culture arm, co-distributed. Runtime is about 92 minutes. Fabiula Nascimento plays Bia, a magazine publicist. It is her first lead in a feature, after Estomago and O Lobo Atras da Porta. Camila Queiroz plays Paloma, the younger influencer who walks into the job Bia had been working toward. Rotten Tomatoes still shows zero critic reviews. latestnetflix.com's take is that Netflix picked the film up after the theatrical run under the English title A Woman with No Filter., , ,
A married couple in the marriage, on purpose.
Fabiula's husband off camera, Emilio Dantas, plays the husband on camera, the one who will not land a real job. She told Folha the set was easy because they already share a house. "I think everyone wants to lose the filter," she said. She left home young and learned where a conversation ends. Bia starts the film doing the opposite. She swallows Caito Mainier's sexist boss, Luana Martau's all-night neighbor parties, and a friend who only talks about herself. Paloma then books her with Deusa Xana, Polly Marinho's esoteric fixer, and the filter drops. ,
Fontes told TELA VIVA that Tati is "the soul of the film" and that Fabiula was his fiercest critic from early drafts through the last edit. He wanted every song to be a recent track sung by women. He spent two months listening. Duda Beat's "q prazer" is the main cue. Iza, Pocah, Letrux, and Gloria Groove are in the mix. Ruben Feffer wrote the original score. Bernardi said workplace misogyny, age bias, and the fake glow of social media were the parts that bothered her, so those are the scenes she pushed. Fontes also said he was chasing the speed of 1930s screwball talk and Billy Wilder, then sneaking serious subjects through comedy so the room would not freeze.
The gossip is not a leaked on-set feud. It is a franchise comedy whose Brazilian writers said the original was the problem, put a real marriage inside the fake one, and let a publicist in her forties tell her boss to his face. Bia still has to live with what she said. That is the joke Fontes bought. Netflix is now the place most viewers will hear it.
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