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Murderous Maids( 2000)

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It wasn't just a crime. It was a crime of passion.

Overview

Based on the true story of two chambermaids of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Julie-Marie Parmentier

      Léa Papin

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      Sylvie Testud

      Christine Papin

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      Isabelle Renauld

      Clémence

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      François Levantal

      le Gazé

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      Dominique Labourier

      madame Lancelin

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      Jean-Gabriel Nordmann

      monsieur Lancelin

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      Marie Donnio

      Geneviève Lancelin

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      Lily Boulogne

      Alberta

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    A review by MoHA

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    Written by MoHA on Mon Oct 19 2015
    Just as the mystery of Jack the Ripper continues to grip the English imagination, the case of the Papin sisters of Le Mans — two maids who, in 1933, brutally slaughtered their employer and her daughter — holds a peculiar sway over the French. Jean Genet used the ghastly events as the basis for his celebrated one-act play "The Maids," while the cream of France's intelligentsia, from Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir to Jacques Lacan, have searched for answers to the questions raised by the Papins' bizarre crime. Jean-Pierre Denis's scorching film — one of the most harrowing true-crime dram...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • sibling relationship
    • france
    • murder