Review of The Housemaid (2010) by James K — 17 May 2012
Amazingly paced film about how a housemaid became involved in an extramarital affair with her wealthy employer. The order of the house was in the hand of a loyal housekeeper who came to employ a single divorced woman to be a live-in and eventual nanny of the coming new twins. The housemaid instead became a sexual object of the master of the house and fell pregnant.
I love the scenes involving red wine, which I believe had become a symbol of power and rotten wealth. How the transferring of the wine from the bottle held by the master to the glass held by the servant symbolizes such an intimacy so intense yet so wrong.
The ending was a bit of a mystery to me. Perhaps, something did change in this family, but what? How would so much be accummulated in a little girl's mind?
This review of The Housemaid (2010) was written by James K on 17 May 2012.
The Housemaid has generally received positive reviews.
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