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The Maid

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Raquel (Catalina Saavedra) has been the live-in maid for the Valdes family for over two decades, coming to regard them with the utmost loyalty and respect. But when Raquel starts suffering from dizzy spells due to overexposure to cleaning chemicals, Mrs. Valdes (Claudia Celedón) hires additional help to take the pressure off her. Desperate to retain her job and resentful towards the new help, Raquel launches an all-out assault on each new employee who walks through the Valdes family's doors.

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Catalina Saavedra's devastating performance would be reason enough to see The Maid, but Sebastian Silva's empathetic direction and finely tuned script only add to the movie's pleasing heft.

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Ed Koch The Atlantic This is a boring and much too long movie...all in all, if you give any thought to how you spend your discretionary hours this, in my opinion, The Maid is not the movie for you. Jan 17, 2018 Full Review Laura Kern Film Comment Magazine The Maid is a film that defies expectations; expect to feel ashamed of yourself. Oct 20, 2014 Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader As played by Catalina Saavedra, she's a guarded, ruthless, but ultimately poignant character, and writer-director Sebastian Silva studies the levers of power inside the little household as if it were the Politburo. Mar 13, 2014 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) This excellent insidious film transmits fear by remote control. [Full review in Spanish] Aug 10, 2022 Full Review Dustin Chang Floating World The Maid features one of my favorite movie endings in recent years. Slice of life that is both touching and real. Mar 24, 2021 Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher [A] pointed examination of domestic politics; a startling portrait of a life given over to others; a beautifully observed film about the smallest of everyday things that somehow feels huge and noble and universal. Feb 17, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rusty S Really good movie for Spanish beginners. They speak clearly enough to follow and what you cant follow the acting is solid enough youll understand. And the way it started... bro. I thought it was gonna be a single white female type flick. Lol Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/18/25 Full Review Ozden O Sebastian Silva filmlerine merakımı oluşturan film. Temelde "sevginin iyileştirici gücü" temalı film. Bir sarılma ile gelen kırılma anında, uzun süre özdeşlik kuramadığım hizmetçi ile bir olup, ağlamaya başladım. Sevgi, güven, samimiyet ve gülme; birbirinin eşlikçisi olarak, aile temasıyla, çok güzel aktarılmış. Seni sevdim Sebastian Silva. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/02/24 Full Review Audience Member I laughed, I cried, I rooted for Alex and I yelled at Alex. Please hang in through all the episodes and when you start to "judge" - what you'd do or what she "should have done", consider traumatized people don't often operate off logic and trauma from her childhood, which we weren't privy to all of them- cannot be judged by us- only respected. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Un personaje oscuro, con una jefa que le perdona todo y la sobrepone a la familia, dejando a la hija en segundo lugar, lo cual me parece desagradable, es una tragedia que las personas que dedican sus vidas a la vida domestica dejando ajenas sus vidas pierdan identidad, creo que se pudo haber manejado de manera más realista y no tan inverosímil, Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Thoughtful look at the life of a maid who has spent 20 years devoting her life to her job. Chilean with subtitles. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Catalina Saavedra is quietly devastating in her subtle, natural lead performance and Silva's empathetic touch gives the social commentary a brilliantly caustic edge. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Sebastián Silva

Director

Catalina Saavedra

Raquel

Claudia Celedón

Pilar

Alejandro Goic

Mundo

Andrea García-Huidobro

Camila

Mariana Loyola

Lucy

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Synopsis Raquel (Catalina Saavedra) has been the live-in maid for the Valdes family for over two decades, coming to regard them with the utmost loyalty and respect. But when Raquel starts suffering from dizzy spells due to overexposure to cleaning chemicals, Mrs. Valdes (Claudia Celedón) hires additional help to take the pressure off her. Desperate to retain her job and resentful towards the new help, Raquel launches an all-out assault on each new employee who walks through the Valdes family's doors.
Director
Sebastián Silva
Screenwriter
Sebastián Silva, Pedro Peirano
Distributor
Elephant Eye Films
Production Co
Punto Guion Punto Producciones, Forastero, Diroriro, Film Tank
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 16, 2009, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$549.5K
Runtime
1h 36m
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