Murderous Maids

– Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their e..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 34 Minutes
Release Year:
2000
Original Name:
Les blessures assassines
Murderous Maids (2000) - Also known as Les blessures assassines

Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter. Christine Papin (Sylvie Testud), and Léa Papin (Julie-Marie Parmentier) are sisters with an already troubled past. Madame Lancelin takes them into her home and employs the girls as maids. Christine sees in Madame Lancelin an ideal mother figure — in spite of her severity. But their wretched background — an indifferent mother and drunken abusive father — casts a shadow over the girls and over time their ill-fated situation darkens. The sisters withdraw into themselves and finish by committing the worst — killing Madame Lancelin and her daughter after six years of service, on the 2 February 1933 in Le Mans.

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Murderous Maids (2000) - Trailer

Release Date:

22 Nov 2000

Language:

French

Director:

Jean-Pierre Denis

Writer:

Jean-Pierre Denis, Paulette Houdyer (novel), Michèle Pétin

Main Actors:

Sylvie Testud, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Isabelle Renauld, Dominique Labourier

Plot:

On February 2nd 1933, in the town of Le Mans, in the West of France, two sisters, Christine Papin, 27, and her younger sister Léa Papin, 21, brutally killed their employer Mrs. Ancelin and her daughter Geneviève. Why did they commit this horrifying murder? As a result of an unhappy childhood? Because they could no longer stand being commanded and exploited by arrogant bourgeois employers? Because their incestuous relationship had been exposed? The film tries to answer these questions and make us understand why and how the two sisters turned from meek sheep to bloody monsters.

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations.

Production:

Rialto Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
Metacritic:
78%