The Maid (La Nana)
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- Synopsis
- A woman feels she must fight to hold on to her place in the household where she's been a servant for much of her life in this drama from writer and director Sebastian Silva....
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- Director(s)
- Sebastián Silva
- Distributor(s)
- Elephant Eye Films
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 117 min.
Critic Reviews
As played by the captivating Mariana Loyola, Lucy is a life force, cut from similar cloth as the perky schoolteacher of Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky": unsinkable, unswervable and more than a little irreverent.Read the full review
It's funny--bleakly, blackly so at times, but also tenderly funny with flashes of genuine compassion. The Maid is among the best films I've seen this year.Read the full review
The Maid would have been worthwhile just as a showcase both for good acting and for the director's virtuosity. But the movie's ultimate virtue is its humanity.Read the full review
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