The Maid

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Cast & Crew

Catalina Saavedra

Raquel

Claudia Celedón

Pilar

Alejandro Goic

Mundo

Andrea García-Huidobro

Camila

Mariana Loyola

Lucy

Agustín Silva

Lucas

Darok Orellana

Tomás

Sebastián La Rivera

Gabriel

Mercedes Villanueva

Mercedes

Anita Reeves

Sonia

Delfina Guzmán

Abuela

Luis Dubó

Eric

Sebastián Silva

Director

Sebastián Silva

Screenwriter

Pedro Peirano

Screenwriter

Gregorio González

Executive Producer

Sergio Armstrong

Cinematographer

Danielle Fillios

Film Editing

Cristina Aburto

Casting

Pablo González

Art Director

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• Jan 04, 2011

  I loved this satirical look at the class system in Latin-American culture (in this instance: Chile)! But, under the surface of an obvious social commentary lies a tender story of a woman who is adamantly entrenched in her role as a no-nonsense housekeeper when what she really needs is, quite simply, a helping hand in her own life.
  

  Super Reviewer
• Nov 10, 2010

  20 years raquel has been serving a family as there live in maid and it shows in both good ways and bad, sometimes fed up, sometimes caring, family to her also, a entertaining journey for the woman, as new friendship is formed and continuing the familys journey, catalina saavedra is good here as the put upon maid, commanding screen at times, in a film that comes across lighthearted and at times emotional
  

  Super Reviewer
• Dec 06, 2009

  "The Maid" is an incisive character study that is almost bookended by a pair of birthday celebrations, the first one for Raquel(Catalina Saavedra), the maid on occasion of her 41st birthday. While not really similar nor approaching its level of mayhem, I could not but also think of "Murderous Maids" and recalling Sylvie Testud saying that events would not have happened in that movie if her character had not been treated so nicely. And that's also true of the family in "The Maid" as Pilar(Claudia Celedon) and Mundo(Alejandro Goic) have worked to make Raquel an informal part of their family, as she has been employed there twenty years. It is also for this reason that they are looking for a little extra help for Raquel since they feel the house is too large anymore for her take care of by herself, especially in light of her headaches and taking a header down a flight of stairs. Raquel is adamant in refusing help, having already driven one other maid from the house but Pilar overrules her with the hiring of Mercedes(Mercedes Villanueva) from Peru. Raquel is even in a running battle with Camila(Andrea Garcia-Huidobro), the eldest daughter. Raquel's behavior emanates from the job becoming her entire life and she is the type of person who can never retire because she would not know what to do with herself otherwise(Compared to the people who cannot retire because they cannot afford to.) whereas Pilar might have a job and Mundo spends all of his time on model boats and golfing. As a family of luxury, they have a house fitting their status and nearly all of the action is filmed there. Don't get me wrong. It is beautiful but it does become claustrophobic with a hint of sexual frustration in the air and it is a relief when the action is occasionally set elsewhere.
  

  walter m Super Reviewer
• Oct 30, 2009

  "The Maid" is a modest, low-budget Chilean film from a relatively unknown writer/director, Sebastian Silva. It is a character study of a lonely, childless, middle-aged maid named Raquel, who is played in an impressively understated and naturalistic way by Catalina Saavedra. There is a fine line, however, between understated and boring, and "The Maid" unfortunately slides across the line into boring one too many times. But there is some special cinematic work here, and I'm pleased that the film has gotten attention beyond the confines of Chile. It is also nice to see a maid character at the center of a serious film -- it's about time. Maid characters are typically used as comic relief or are just part of the background. Silva really upends this tradition by making Raquel the center of the story and focusing all his attention on her inner life. Raquel is a live-in maid who has been working for the same suburban family for close to 20 years. The family of six is vibrant and happy, but Raquel seems to be unhappy about something. She has a strange hostility toward the oldest child, which is difficult to watch. It doesn't appear that the girl has done anything to deserve this mistreatment. When the family hires a second maid to help Raquel, she goes almost insane, locking the new maid out of the house, maniacally disinfecting the bathroom every time the new maid uses it, and abusing the family's new kitten. The new maid, a delightful young Peruvian woman, quits within a month. But the lady of the house will not give up. She insists on getting a second maid. So we watch Raquel terrorize yet another servant, but then the third is the charm. The third new maid (played beautifully by Mariana Loyola) breaks through to Raquel. A touching friendship emerges, and we come to learn a lot more about Raquel and about the peculiar emotional challenges of being a live-in maid. Is she part of the family or is she not? Being both in and out is very tough. I had never even considered this. Silva's film is not a masterpiece, but it open one's eyes in a special way and will surely touch everyone who sees it.
  

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