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Murderous Maids is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jean-Pierre Denis released in USA on 19 april 2002 with Sylvie Testud
Murderous Maids (2000)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 april 2002
Length 1h34
Directed by Jean-Pierre Denis
OriginFrance
Themes Assassinat, Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating67%
Murderous Maids (French: Les blessures assassines) is a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Denis, released in 2000, which tells the true story of two French maids, Christine and Lea Papin. The screenplay by Jean-Pierre Denis with Michèle Pétin, was based on the book L'affaire Papin by Paulette Houdyer. It told the story of the double murder committed by the maids, which made sensational headlines in France in 1933. The film had 360,846 admissions in France.
Synopsis
Christine Papin (Sylvie Testud), and Léa Papin (Julie-Marie Parmentier) are sisters with a troubled past, who work as maids in Le Mans, France. After a string of domestic jobs, they start working for the Lancelin family, which consists of Monsieur Lancelin, his wife and their adult daughter Genevieve. Christine sees in Madame Lancelin a mother figure, in spite of her severity. But their wretched background — an indifferent mother, a drunken, abusive father and time spent in orphanages — casts a shadow over the girls. Over time, their ill-fated situation darkens and they withdraw into themselves. Finally, after six years of service, they end up committing a particularly brutal crime on February 2, 1933: killing Madame Lancelin and her daughter after gouging their eyes out.Actors
Sylvie Testud
(Christine Papin)
Julie-Marie Parmentier
(Léa Papin)
Isabelle Renauld
(Clémence)
François Levantal
(le Gazé)
Dominique Labourier
(madame Lancelin)
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