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The Housemaid

The Housemaid

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Release Date

9/16/2016

Runtime

105 mins

Overview

When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the vengeful ghost of his dead wife... who is out for blood.

Status

Released

Original Language

Vietnamese

Budget

-

Revenue

$1,575,266

Homepage

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A gothic romance that simmers with supernatural menace, blending colonial-era atmosphere with a vengeful haunting that grows increasingly violent as forbidden attraction ignites. It's a film caught between sensuality and dread, where every tender moment carries the shadow of a dead wife's jealous rage.

Mood

UnsettlingRomanticDread-soakedMelancholic

Themes

LoveGriefRevengeClassColonialism

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyHigh-contrastFormalist

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceSexual content
Nhung Kate

Nhung Kate

Linh

Jean-Michel Richaud

Jean-Michel Richaud

Captain Sebastien Laurent

Kim Xuân

Kim Xuân

Mrs. Han / Ba Han

Svitlana Kovalenko

Madame Camille

Huỳnh Kiến An

Huỳnh Kiến An

Mr. Chau / Ong Chau

Rosie Fellner

Rosie Fellner

Madeleine

Phi Phung

Phi Phung

Mrs. Ngo / Ba Ngo

Linh Sơn

Linh Sơn

Bao

Leon Bown

Officer Guy

Cory Jackson

Officer Satre

Gigi Velicitat

Gigi Velicitat

Officer Renault

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