6.6
The Paper
1994
“It wasn't just a crime. It was a crime of passion.”
Murderous Maids (2000)
November 22, 20001h 34mFR
6.1
37 votes
Overview
Based on the true story of two chambermaids of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter.
Director
Jean-Pierre DenisTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
ARP SélectionLe Studio Canal+
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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 dra…
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