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Nov 22, 2000 · Murderous Maids: Directed by Jean-Pierre Denis. With Sylvie Testud, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Isabelle Renauld, Dominique Labourier. Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Jean-Pierre Denis
- 2000-11-22
Murderous Maids (French: Les blessures assassines) is a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Denis, released in 2000, 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.
- L'affaire Papin, by Paulette Houdyer
- $4.1 million
- $2.9 million
- Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin
Apr 19, 2002 · A historical account that is equally disturbing and engrossing, with a powerful performance by Sylvie Testud. Two sisters (Sylvie Testud, Julie-Marie Parmentier) with no apparent motive kill their...
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- Sylvie Testud
- Jean-Pierre Denis
- Drama
Apr 14, 2002 · Article offers background for Jean-Pierre Denis's new movie Murderous Maids, based on infamous 1933 murders of mistress and her daughter by maids and sisters Christine and Lea Papin in Le...
Apr 20, 2002 · The story of sisters Christine and Lea Papin, two house-maids who, in Le Mans in February 1933, brutally murdered Madame Lancelin and her daughter Genevieve. Sent out to work at an early age, Christine and Lea are employed as maids by the Lancelins and treated well. The girls share an attic room...
- Jean-Pierre Denis
- Sylvie Testud
Murderous Maids. Class struggle, incest, and murder are at the heart of France's most horrific crime of the 20th century. Director Jean-Pierre Denis paints a provocative portrait of the notorious Papin sisters that is sympathetic yet unapologetic.
Nov 22, 2000 · Synopsis by Brian J. Dillard. Based on the same infamous murders that inspired Jean Genet's play The Maids, and the earlier film Sister My Sister, this French drama explores the difficult family life, professional pressures, and forbidden bond that in 1933 led sisters Christine and Lea Papin to murder the mother and daughter who employed them ...
