The Maid
Director: Sebastian Silva
Starring: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celadon, Mariana Loyala
Chile, 2008, 1 hour 35 mins, Spanish with English subtitles
Winner of World Cinema Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2009 Watch the trailer >>>
Funny, tense, and unpredictable, this is the tale of the grumpy, pig-headed Racquel, the maid-from-hell who has lived with the same family for 20 years. When her increasingly unreliable behaviour leads them to recruit a string of new servants to help her, Racquel sees them off by any means necessary. But when the latest recruit, the lovely Lucy is genuinely kind to her, Racquel has to learn about something she’s never known before – friendship and her own poignant need for human contact. Psychologically astute, The Maid slyly, sweetly overturns our expectations as Racquel (a riveting performance by Saavedra) gradually emerges as a complex, sympathetic character.
Hen ferch anodd a phiwis yw Racquel sydd wedi gweithio fel morwyn i’r un teulu am ugain mlynedd. Wrth iddi heneiddio mae ei hymddygiad yn y mynd yn fwy a mwy anwadal ond mae’n gwrthod derbyn unrhyw help gan neb. Ond daw Lucy i’w helpu, ac mae ei charedigrwydd yn toddi calon galed Racquel. Ffilm sy’n trin rhyfeddodau’r berthynas ddynol.
Edinburgh International Film Festival
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| Aberystwyth Arts Centre | 2010-03-15 | 20:15:00 |
| Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea | 2010-03-09 | 18:00:00 |
| Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold | 2010-03-25 | 20:00:00 |
| Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff | 2010-03-06 | 20:30:00 |
| The Courtyard, Hereford | 2010-03-14 | 16:30:00 |
| Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff | 2010-03-08 | 18:00:00 |
