The Housemaid Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Horror, Romance
Director(s): Derek Nguyen
Production: IFC Films
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
Year:
2016
105 min
Website
201 Views


You are jumping

to conclusions.

She's the only one that

could've been in my room.

I know it was her.

Mademoiselle.

Mademoiselle.

- Please, mademoiselle.

- What are you doing?

I know she has it.

Madeleine, stop!

Now do you believe me?

But I didn't take it.

These servants steal

from us all the time.

You need to punish her.

Make an example of her.

Whip her.

I can't whip her.

Then she needs

to leave this house.

I'm not staying in our

future home with a thief.

- Madeleine, let's just..

- We have proof.

She needs to leave.

You won't regret that,

Sebastien.

I have to do it

with our servants

all the time.

It's not a nice thing

to do

but it's

a necessary burden.

And it's

my favorite bracelet.

Look.

You said that you

put your bracelets

on the night stand

before you went

to breakfast.

That's right.

Then how were you

wearing it this morning?

What do you mean?

I remember you wearing

the bracelet

at breakfast.

I specifically

took note of it.

How was it

supposedly taken

from your night stand

when you already had it?

What are you saying...

You planted that bracelet

in Linh's room.

- Didn't you?

- Of course I didn't.

Why would you do

such a thing?

Because I know.

What do you know?

Don't try to deny it.

How could you?

With a lowly housemaid?

- I'm not ashamed.

- You're not ashamed?

You're cheating

on your fianc

with a primitive, common whore

and you're not ashamed!

She's not a whore!

You love her, don't you?

Sebastien, you're sick.

You're becoming

one of them.

- I won't stand for this..

- No, this is..

This is proof why you

need to leave here.

I'm not leaving.

You are.

I mean it.

Leave.

Now!

Just you wait till I tell

your family about this.

That you've risked

their good family name

on a common harlot.

Yeah. Go tell them.

Go tell all of Paris.

See if I care.

Linh.

Linh, listen..

How could you

believe her?

I told her to leave.

She's gone.

I'm sorry.

Hit me.

Hit me again.

Harder. Harder.

Harder!

I want you to hurt me.

What was that?

Oh, God!

Oh, no.

Hello?

Hello?

Oh, God! Hello?

Oh, God!

I, uh..

I couldn't see you there.

What are you doing?

Oh, God.

You don't need

to be upset, Mrs. Han.

Linh has only been here

for a few months.

She doesn't know.

Nobody knows

Sa-Cat like you do.

But I think it'd be best

to have... a new vision

for the house.

No, thank you, captain.

Please, take it.

Mrs. Han..

...Linh has displayed

the hard work

and dedication

I want for the future

of the Sa-Cat.

Do you have a problem

with taking

her instruction?

I do, Captain Laurent.

Then perhaps

it might be best

to return to your home

to take care

of your mother.

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Derek Nguyen

Derek Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American filmmaker and playwright best known for his 2016 feature film The Housemaid (Cô Hầu Gái), which was shot in Vietnam and produced by CJ E&M Film Division, HKFilm, and Timothy Linh Bui. more…

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