The Housemaid (2016)

Original title

Cô Hầu Gái

Directed by

Derek Nguyen

Genre

speculative fiction film

Country

Vietnam

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1950s Vietnam, a young maid goes to work in a remote rubber plantation estate. She becomes caught between her attraction to the French master of the house and the ghostly presence of his former wife.

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What happens

The Housemaid (Vietnamese: Cô Hầu Gái) is a 2016 Vietnamese gothic romance horror film directed by Derek Nguyen and starring Nhung Kate, Jean-Michel Richaud, Kim Xuan, and Rosie Fellner. Released in Vietnam on 16 September 2016, the film became the third-highest-grossing horror film in Vietnam's history and had its North American premiere at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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