On February 2nd 1933, in the town of Le Mans, in the West of France, two sisters, Christine Papin, 27, and her younger sister Léa Papin, 21, brutally killed their employer Mrs. Ancelin and her daughter Geneviève. Why did they commit this horrifying murder? As a result of an unhappy childhood? Because they could no longer stand being commanded and exploited by arrogant bourgeois employers? Because their incestuous relationship had been exposed? The film tries to answer these... (Full plot summary below)
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On February 2nd 1933, in the town of Le Mans, in the West of France, two sisters, Christine Papin, 27, and her younger sister Léa Papin, 21, brutally killed their employer Mrs. Ancelin and her daughter Geneviève. Why did they commit this horrifying murder? As a result of an unhappy childhood? Because they could no longer stand being commanded and exploited by arrogant bourgeois employers? Because their incestuous relationship had been exposed? The film tries to answer these questions and make us understand why and how the two sisters turned from meek sheep to bloody monsters.
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| Washington PostStephen HunterThe movie avoids sensationalism. What it requires and what it delivers is performance. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekThere's a curiously ho-hum quality to the murders, despite the fact that the two victims are bludgeoned, sliced, chopped and jabbed, and also (the movie suggests) get their eyeballs gouged out. |
| San Diego MetropolitanJean LowerisonHighly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordMurderous Maids pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the Papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy... |
| New York Magazine/VulturePeter RainerSylvie Testud gives such a ferociously controlled performance that the messy murder seems like a necessary release. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealThe dreamy, almost poetic nature is entrancing. |
| Des Moines RegisterJeffrey BrunerPerhaps the most remarkable aspect of Murderous Maids is how restrained and sensitive French director Jean-Pierre Denis keeps his film. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrMay ultimately be no more than the sum of its (body) parts, but it's still a ghastly service-industry horror story - a film to make you wonder what might be roiling beneath the surface of the placid young woman who hands you your Grande Latte every morning. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonLucidity, austerity and quiet compassion are peculiar virtues to ascribe to a movie about a horrific real-life murder case, but those are among the best qualities of Jean-Pierre Denis' Murderous Maids. |
| New TimesJean OppenheimerThe film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing. |
