The Maids

Two sisters, deeply resentful of their inferior social position, attempt to take revenge against society by destroying their employer. Their secretive routine ultimately leads to unanticipated consequences.

The Maids caused a scandal when it opened in Paris in 1947 for its stark portrayal of seething working class discontent. Following the sisters as they weave through past and present, fiction and fantasy, their ritual becomes reality when they are confronted with the ultimate transgressions of despair, hatred and jealousy.