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Murderous Maids (2000)

Murderous Maids poster
Original title
Les blessures assassines
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Denis
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two sisters work as maids in a French household. Their isolated lives build toward a violent act against their employers.

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What happens

Murderous Maids (French: Les blessures assassines) is a 2000 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Denis, which tells the true story of two French maids, Christine and Lea Papin. The screenplay by Jean-Pierre Denis with Michèle Pétin, was based on the book L'affaire Papin by Paulette Houdyer. It told the story of the double murder committed by the maids, which made sensational headlines in France in 1933. The film had 360,846 admissions in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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