Murderous Maids
Synopsis
“I was twenty when I was entrusted into my Aunt Isabelle’s care.
I knew right away that it was no place for me. My father was never around. As for my mother, well, we were never close. I clung onto my sisters…” She’s called Christine Papin and is pivotal to what is known as the “Papin Case,” a story as notorious as it is enigmatic.
One that inspired many writers, including Jean Genet, Jacques Lacan, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Paul Eluard. All were fascinated by this puzzling real-life story of the murder by two sisters, Léa and Christine, of their employer and her daughter in 1930s Le Mans.
Murderous Maids looks at the bond that united the two sisters from early childhood, delving into how and why such a crime came about. An investigation into the crime. A study of limitless, exclusive and absolute love.
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Director (1)
Actors (14)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : ARP Sélection SAS
- Co-production : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : ARP Sélection SAS
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producers : Laurent Pétin, Michèle Halberstadt
- Adaptation : Jean-Pierre Denis, Michèle Halberstadt
- Screenwriters : Michèle Halberstadt, Jean-Pierre Denis
- Director of Photography : Jean-Marc Fabre
- Music Composer : Jeanne Biras
- Editor : Marie-Hélène Dozo
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Pierre Duret
- Costume designers : Sylvie De Segonzac, Isabelle Boiton
- Assistant Operators : Laurent Hincelin, Marion Rey
- Production Manager : Daniel Baschieri
- Press Attaché (film) : Matilde Incerti
- Sound editors : Julie Brenta, Benoît De Clerck
- Continuity supervisor : Zoé Zurstrassen
- Production Designer : Bernard Vezat
- Casting : Jeanne Biras
- Sound Mixer : Thomas Gauder
- Still Photographer : Jérôme Prebois
- Location Manager : Laurent Lesieur
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Murder, News story
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2000
- French release : 22/11/2000
- Runtime : 1 h 34 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 96.540
- Visa issue date : 31/10/2000
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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News & awards
News (3)
Selections (6)
Awards (2)
Mar Del Plata International Film Festival
Argentina, 2001
Silver Ombù for Best Director : Jean-Pierre Denis
Silver Ombù for Best Actress : Julie-Marie Parmentier
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2001
César Award for Most Promising Actress : Sylvie Testud
Delegations (3)
Rendez-Vous With French Cinema à New York
United States, 2001
Director : Jean-Pierre Denis
Screenwriter : Michèle Halberstadt
Mar Del Plata International Film Festival
Argentina, 2001
Actor : Julie-Marie Parmentier
Director : Jean-Pierre Denis
