
Murderous Maids

Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter. Christine Papin and Léa Papin are sisters with an already troubled past. Madame Lancelin takes them into her home and employs the girls as maids. Christine sees in Madame Lancelin an ideal mother figure — in spite of her severity. But their wretched background — an indifferent mother and drunken abusive father — casts a shadow over the girls and over time their ill-fated situation darkens. The sisters withdraw into themselves and finish by committing the worst — killing Madame Lancelin and her daughter after six years of service, on the 2 February 1933 in Le Mans.
Genre: Drama, Crime, Biography
Actor: Julie-Marie Parmentier, Sylvie Testud, Isabelle Renauld, François Levantal, Dominique Labourier, Jean-Gabriel Nordmann, Marie Donnio, Lily Boulogne, Tessa Szczeciniarz, Charlotte Guille
Director: Jean-Pierre Denis
Country: France
Runtime: 94
Release: 2000
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
Language: Français, French,
Views: 771
Content Rating:1h 34min
Quality: DVD
Also known as: Murderous Maids
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