THE MAID
aka LA NANA

Year: 2009
UK: Artificial Eye
Cast: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedon, Alejandro Goic, Mariana Loyola, Agustin Silva, Andrea Garcia-Huidobro, Darok Orellana, Sebastian La Rivera, Mercedes Villanueva, Anita Reeves, Delfina Guzman, Luis Dubo, Luis Munoz, Andreina Olivari, Gloria Canales
Director: Sebastian Silva
Countries: Chile / Mexico
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
UK: 96 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language
UK Release Date: 27 August 2010 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

Raquel (Catalina Saavedra), who has spent that last 23 years in service to the Valdes family, looks upon herself as not just a maid but more as part of the family. However, when Raquel has increasingly bitter clashes with the eldest Valdes daughter, the family think she is becoming stressed out with too much work and so hire additional help.

Unfortunately instead of placating Raquel she sees each new maid as a challenge, and sabotages the new employees by resorting to childish antics, in an attempt to maintain her status quo.

Sebastian Silva second feature questions, without prejudice, the remnants of class division and the aristocratic tradition of domestic service, and achieves a highly perceptive and comedic drama.