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Director
Jorge Gaggero
Cast
Norma Aleandro,
Norma Argentina,
Marcos Mundstock,
Claudia Lapacó,
Elsa Berenguer
Genre
Drama
During the Argentine economic crisis of the early 2000s, Beba, who was once wealthy, does not have enough money to pay her live-in maid, Dora. Without her husband's financial support, Beba sells cosmetics door-to-door and searches desperately for a way to pay her debts. But when Dora moves out of the apartment to live with her boyfriend after decades of service as a maid, Beba learns that friendship is invaluable.
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Los Angeles Times by Carina Chocano
What Live-in Maid offers is a pitch-perfect observation of life on a continent where forms are adhered to, distances aren't really kept, and your best friend is the person who knows to pour the cheap domestic whiskey into the empty bottle of imported stuff before your bridge buddies show up to judge you.
Salon by Andrew O'Hehir
Pitch-perfect social comedy.
Village Voice
The result is a film of startling insight and grace.
Village Voice by Julia Wallace
The result is a film of startling insight and grace.
Baltimore Sun by Michael Sragow
Live-In Maid is a lived-in movie. Its cataclysms may be small in scale, but the movie brings us so far into these women's lives that a shattered cup creates an earthquake.
The New York Times by A.O. Scott
Modest in scope, but it feels complete, fully inhabited, in a way that more overtly ambitious movies rarely do.
The Hollywood Reporter by James Greenberg
Powered by two first-rate performances, Jorge Gaggero's debut feature is full of psychological nuance and keen social observation.
Washington Post by Ann Hornaday
A vivid portrait of a society in the midst of wrenching change, but it transcends its immediate context to become a thoughtful, even unforgettable, chamber piece, performed with exquisite subtlety by two fine actresses.
New York Post by V.A. Musetto
Low-key yet has a lot to say about class struggle.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Weary and overworked to her very bones, Dora nevertheless has a heart of gold and a spine of steel. The movie does, too.
San Francisco Chronicle by Steve Winn
A modest chamber piece enriched by its affecting human harmonies and overtones.
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
A fine Argentinean film with English subtitles.
Variety by Deborah Young
A fairly successful attempt at satire, though given the subject, there's a lot of darkness under the carpet.
The A.V. Club by Noel Murray
Live-In Maid's premise would be ideal for a play, or a bravura performance piece like Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant."
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