The Maid (2009)

A drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.

Director:

Sebastián Silva

Writers:

Sebastián Silva (story), Sebastián Silva

Stars:

Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Alejandro Goic

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 34 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Catalina Saavedra	...	Raquel
Claudia Celedón	...	Pilar
Alejandro Goic	...	Mundo
Andrea García-Huidobro	...	Camila
Mariana Loyola	...	Lucy
Agustín Silva	...	Lucas
Darok Orellana	...	Tomás
Sebastián La Rivera	...	Gabriel
Mercedes Villanueva	...	Mercedes
Anita Reeves	...	Sonia
Delfina Guzmán	...	Abuela
Luis Dubó	...	Eric
Luis Muñoz	...	Raúl
Andreína Olivarí	...	Javiera
Gloria Canales	...	Mamá de Lucy

Storyline

The story of how a maid called Raquel, who has worked for over 20 years in one affluent Chilean household, rediscovers herself. La Nana is a microcosm of Latin social hierarchy while also focusing on one woman's journey to free herself from a mental servitude of her own making

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Plot Keywords:

maid | chilean | upper middle class | tears | bedridden | 

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Taglines:

She's more or less family.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Chile] Official site [France]

Country:

Chile Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

17 June 2010 (Germany)

Also Known As:

The Maid

Filming Locations:

Santiago, Chile

Box Office

Budget:

$430,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,036 (USA) (16 October 2009)

Gross:

$549,530 (USA) (5 February 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Forastero, Diroriro, Film Tank

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 115 min (European Film Market) 115 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (HDCAM)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Sin maquillaje: Anita Reeves (2014)

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Soundtracks

Ayayayay
Written and performed by Pedro Piedra

User Reviews

Successful portrait of a small piece of Chilean culture

La nana Is a nice drama movie about the life and also the internal changes of a housekeeper in a wealthy sector of the capital of Chile, Santiago.

It may be just a small history of a small piece of the Chilean culture, but definitely makes point in showing what, for us Chileans, is kind of a rare phenomenon: the way of having the housekeeper living in your own house, just like an individual member of your family. Normally, all the people here employs a maid but just for a some days a week, just to clean or cook, but there is also an large amount of wealthy families who employs these women (they always are) 24hr and 365 days the year. Anyway, is so special this "contract" that these workers become part of the family, and interact with the rest just like any brother, sister, aunt, or even parent.

I think this relationship is perfectly showed in this movie and also adds something it may be common as well and is about the simplistic life of Raquel, because she really doesn't have any other thing to do besides her work.

I recommend this movie also because is a very well directed one; the drama mixed with occasional comedy just do a good job carrying the whole history. It's very absorbent :)