The Maid
– Raquel has been the live-in housekeeper for a kind, reasonably wealthy family for half her life, and..
Raquel has been the live-in housekeeper for a kind, reasonably wealthy family for half her life, and the joyless repetition of the job has begun to take its toll. Increasingly dependent on painkillers, Raquel resorts to pranks and childish avoidance to antagonize the family’s college-age daughter and a procession of new servants, all in the hopes of protecting her precarious power within the home. Her antics successfully push everyone away, until new maid Lucy actually pushes back.
11 Mar 2011
Spanish
Sebastián Silva
Sebastián Silva (story), Sebastián Silva, Pedro Peirano
Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Mariana Loyola, Andrea García-Huidobro
The story of how a maid called Raquel, who has worked for over 20 years in one affluent Chilean household, rediscovers herself. La Nana is a microcosm of Latin social hierarchy while also focusing on one woman's journey to free herself from a mental servitude of her own making
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 34 wins & 21 nominations.
$500,000
Elephant Eye Films