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The Maid

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Raquel (Catalina Saavedra) has been the live-in maid for the Valdes family for over two decades, coming to regard them with the utmost loyalty and respect. But when Raquel starts suffering from dizzy spells due to overexposure to cleaning chemicals, Mrs. Valdes (Claudia Celedón) hires additional help to take the pressure off her. Desperate to retain her job and resentful towards the new help, Raquel launches an all-out assault on each new employee who walks through the Valdes family's doors.

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Catalina Saavedra's devastating performance would be reason enough to see The Maid, but Sebastian Silva's empathetic direction and finely tuned script only add to the movie's pleasing heft.

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Ed Koch The Atlantic Jan 17, 2018
This is a boring and much too long movie...all in all, if you give any thought to how you spend your discretionary hours this, in my opinion, The Maid is not the movie for you. Go to Full Review Laura Kern Film Comment Magazine Oct 20, 2014
The Maid is a film that defies expectations; expect to feel ashamed of yourself. Go to Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Mar 13, 2014
As played by Catalina Saavedra, she's a guarded, ruthless, but ultimately poignant character, and writer-director Sebastian Silva studies the levers of power inside the little household as if it were the Politburo. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Apr 26, 2026
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It isn’t until late in the game that audiences will be able to determine the extent of the picture’s darker undertones. Go to Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Aug 10, 2022
This excellent insidious film transmits fear by remote control. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Dustin Chang Floating World Mar 24, 2021
The Maid features one of my favorite movie endings in recent years. Slice of life that is both touching and real. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Harrison B @clinthoward May 2, 2026 Beautiful and inspiring! See more Rusty S @Boy_howdeeee Oct 18, 2025 Really good movie for Spanish beginners. They speak clearly enough to follow and what you cant follow the acting is solid enough youll understand. And the way it started... bro. I thought it was gonna be a single white female type flick. Lol See more Oct 11, 2021 I laughed, I cried, I rooted for Alex and I yelled at Alex. Please hang in through all the episodes and when you start to "judge" - what you'd do or what she "should have done", consider traumatized people don't often operate off logic and trauma from her childhood, which we weren't privy to all of them- cannot be judged by us- only respected. See more Apr 8, 2016 Un personaje oscuro, con una jefa que le perdona todo y la sobrepone a la familia, dejando a la hija en segundo lugar, lo cual me parece desagradable, es una tragedia que las personas que dedican sus vidas a la vida domestica dejando ajenas sus vidas pierdan identidad, creo que se pudo haber manejado de manera más realista y no tan inverosímil, See more Aug 5, 2015 Thoughtful look at the life of a maid who has spent 20 years devoting her life to her job. Chilean with subtitles. See more May 30, 2015 Catalina Saavedra is quietly devastating in her subtle, natural lead performance and Silva's empathetic touch gives the social commentary a brilliantly caustic edge. See more Read all reviews
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Sebastián Silva

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Catalina Saavedra

Raquel

Claudia Celedón

Pilar

Alejandro Goic

Mundo

Andrea García-Huidobro

Camila

Mariana Loyola

Lucy

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Synopsis Raquel (Catalina Saavedra) has been the live-in maid for the Valdes family for over two decades, coming to regard them with the utmost loyalty and respect. But when Raquel starts suffering from dizzy spells due to overexposure to cleaning chemicals, Mrs. Valdes (Claudia Celedón) hires additional help to take the pressure off her. Desperate to retain her job and resentful towards the new help, Raquel launches an all-out assault on each new employee who walks through the Valdes family's doors.
Director
Sebastián Silva
Screenwriter
Sebastián Silva, Pedro Peirano
Distributor
Elephant Eye Films
Production Co
Punto Guion Punto Producciones, Forastero, Diroriro, Film Tank
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 16, 2009, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$549.5K
Runtime
1h 36m
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