Murderous Maids

France

The class war...up close and personal. Two sisters, unloved and unwanted by their parents, get hired out as slaves to imperious bourgeoisie. They are treated badly, establish a sexual bond...more out of desperation for affection than anything...and end up killing two women who threatened to expose and separate them. Based on a true story that took place in the 1920's.

Powerfully played by Sylvie Testud...whose developing madness seems situational and to my eye wholly understandable. You can only crush a person so far before they feel cornered and strike back in rage, yearning to be free.

Nicely done in all respects. Film serves as a nice metaphor for the devolution of current society into a have, have-not mode and what the eventual consequences will be.

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