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The Maid
Released: 27/08/2010
Released in key cities
Director and writer Sebastián Silva's award winnng film follows 41-year-old Raquel, a live-in maid for an upper-class family in Santiago. Complex relations with the family's members and conflict with another maid both figure in this surprisingly intimate account of a woman who learns to grow into herself.
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Empire“Tense, touching and authentic...” Dealing with notions of class and loyalty, but essentially a study in self-destructive loneliness, Sebastián Silva’s second feature is dominated by Catalina Saavedra’s superb performance...
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Channel4 Film“A blackly comic drama...” Where it would be easy to slip into caricatures of the spoilt bourgeoisie vs downtrodden underclass, Silva's perceptive film consistently avoids this - making for a distinctive character study that's by turns cunning, hilarious and disquieting...
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The Independent“A subtler and more humane study in loneliness and the search for love...” While never soft-pedalling the maid's hilarious passive-aggressive behaviour or the prickly subject of servitude. It's a superbly nuanced and thoughtful picture, with an outstanding performance by Saavedra at its heart...
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Guardian“Saavedra unleashes a star lead performance...” Silva's film is an unexpected combination: a gripping psychological thriller, and also a poignant human drama. It really is edge-of-the-seat stuff, with a startling denouement, and an outstanding central performance from Catalina Saavedra...
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Little White Lies“Remarkable...” The constant use of handheld camera by director Sebastián Silva gives everything a (sometimes painful) sheen of reality, and results in an extremely sharp portrayal of a complex family and individual dynamic...
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The Telegraph“An especially moving yet unsentimental standout...” A quiet gem from Chile, Sebastián Silva’s The Maid is a tart, thoroughly engaging and often suspenseful mixture of psychodrama and social satire...
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80 %
Total Film “A perceptive, empathetic character piece...” Creepy details (family photos with certain faces scratched out) suggest we’re heading into slasher territory. But then Chilean writer/director Sebastián Silva pulls off a wholly unpredictable turnaround...
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80 %
Time Out film“A fruitful ambivalence far richer than any butler-did-it cliché...” Through understated, naturalistic technique, engaging, nuanced performances and assured storytelling that balances the suspenseful and the affecting, The Maid offers a pleasingly sly, ultimately endearing take on the set-up...
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Variety“The entire ensemble is note-perfect...” It’s less a story of class differences than a tough, nuanced and finally compassionate portrait of an individual who thwarts compassion more often than not. Saavedra is riveting...
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