Trailer
The Chambermaid
Fri
17
Fri 17 Nov 6:30 PM
Cinema Nova - Cinema 8
Wheelchair
Allocated Seating
The Chambermaid is based on the real-life story of writer, Hana Lasicová’s, childhood nanny – who was born at the end of the 19th century and lived 90 years. This period-masterpiece which exhibits a narrative complexity that can only come from real-life experience, is set just prior to World War I. 15-year old Anka leaves her poverty-stricken Slovak hometown for Prague to work as a maid for a wealthy family amidst the breakdown of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Anika is to serve Resi, the family’s slightly sadistic daughter, who is betrothed to marry well. At polar opposite ends of the class ladder, the women slowly grow very close. A sapphic drama set in an age when unconventional relations are all that could exist, Director Mariana Čengel Solčanská does not allow this film to shy away from any brutal reality bestowed upon the film’s lovers.
“THE PERIOD-DRAMA JEWEL OF THE FESTIVAL THAT GIVES GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING A RUN FOR IT’S MONEY.” - DAVID MARTIN HARRIS, MQFF CEO
“THE PERIOD-DRAMA JEWEL OF THE FESTIVAL THAT GIVES GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING A RUN FOR IT’S MONEY.” - DAVID MARTIN HARRIS, MQFF CEO