The Maid
- Release Date
- August 13, 2009
- Director
- Sebastián Silva
- Cast
- Catalina Saavedra , Claudia Celedón , Alejandro Goic , Andrea García-Huidobro , Mariana Loyola , Agustín Silva
- Runtime
- 94
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Sebastián Silva , Pedro Peirano
- Tagline
- She's more or less family.
Summary
Set in Santiago, Chile, "The Maid" is the story of Raquel (Catalina Saavedra in a bold performance,) who has served as the live-in maid for the Valdes family for 23 years. Neither truly a member of the family nor simply a servant, she inhabits an undefined space somewhere in between. Threatened when the family decides to bring on extra help, she engages in a series of increasingly frantic acts to hold on to her position in this sharp comedic drama about family, class and self-discovery.
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