Taglines: Sisters. Servants. Sinners.
The Maids was one of Jean Genet’s most outstanding plays representing the avant-garde of French playwriting when it was written in 1946. On the surface the film is about two maids of a wealthy Parisian woman, who resentful of their servitude dream of their escape and their revenge on Madame. But with wonderful high rhetoric where Genet turns evil into a sort of religious ecstasy, both the maids and their mistress are shown to be caught up in whirligigs of false illusions and inaccessible desires, which ultimately end in tragedy.
The Maids (French: Les Bonnes) is a 1975 British film that was directed by Christopher Miles. It is based on the play of the same title by the French dramatist Jean Genet. The film stars Glenda Jackson as Solange, Susannah York as Claire, Vivien Merchant as Madame, and Mark Burns as Monsieur. The film was produced by Ely Landau for the American Film Theatre, which presented thirteen film adaptations of plays in the United States from 1973 to 1975.
The Maids (1975)
Directed by: Christopher Miles
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns
Screenplay by: Robert Enders, Christopher Miles
Cinematography by: Douglas Slocombe
Film Editing by: Peter Tanner
Art Direction by: Robert Jones
Music by: Laurie Johnson
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: American Film Theatre
Release Date: April 21, 1975 (US)
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