Plot
'The Maids' was one of Jean Genet's most outstanding plays representing the avant-garde of French playwriting when it was written in 1946. On the surface the film is about two maids of a wealthy Parisian woman, who resentful of their servitude dream of their escape and their revenge on Madame. But with wonderful high rhetoric where Genet turns evil into a sort of religious ecstasy, both the maids and their mistress are shown to be caught up in whirligigs of false illusions and inaccessible desires, which ultimately end in tragedy.
Written by
Robert Enders, Jean Genet, Christopher Miles
Directed by
Christopher Miles
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America, United Kingdom
Production Companies
Cine Films Inc., The American Film Theatre
Languages
English
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination
Scores
# of Votes
625
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA