The Maid

– Alone for the first time and away from her family in rural Philippines, Rosa Dimaano arrives in the ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 33 Minutes
Release Year:
2005
The Maid (2005)

Alone for the first time and away from her family in rural Philippines, Rosa Dimaano arrives in the cosmopolitan city state of Singapore to work as a maid. Her employers Mr and Mrs Teo runs a Chinese Teochew dialect opera troupe takes well to their new domestic help. So do their mentally disabled son, Ah Soon. In Chinese superstition, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is regarded as the month when the gates of hell open for forsaken spirits to walk the earth for 30 days. Unknown to Rosa, she arrives on the eve and her hell is about to begin.

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The Maid (2005) - Trailer

Release Date:

18 Aug 2005

Language:

English, Teochew, Filipino, Tagalog

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Kelvin Tong

Writer:

Kelvin Tong

Main Actors:

Alessandra de Rossi, Huifang Hong, Benny Soh, Zhenwei Guan

Plot:

"Every year, for thirty days during the lunar seventh month, the Chinese believe that the gates of hell are thrown open. Vengeful spirits or hungry ghosts wander among the living, seeking revenge and justice before the gates of hell are closed again for another year." The eighteen years old Rosa Dimaano arrives in Singapore from Philippines to give support to her family working as a maid in the house of the artists of a Chinese opera troupe Mr. and Mrs. Teo on the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. She is welcomed by the family and introduced to their friends and their retarded son Ah-Soon. Later, Mrs. Teo advises her about their beliefs and how the dead should be respected and honored along the seventh month. However, Rosa sweeps their offer on the sidewalk breaking a basic rule and offending the spirits, and she is haunted by ghosts everywhere. When Ah-Soon calls her Esther Santos and she finds some belongings of the unknown Esther in the house, she discloses a dark and scary secret about the past of her masters.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Production:

Tartan Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.9/10