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Line 25: '''''The Maids''''' ({{lang-fr\|Les Bonnes}}) is a 1974 film that was directed by [[Christopher Miles]]. It is based on the [[The Maids\|play of the same title]] by the French dramatist [[Jean Genet]]. The film stars [[Glenda Jackson]] as Solange, [[Susannah York]] as Claire, [[Vivien Merchant]] as Madame, and [[Mark Burns (actor)\|Mark Burns]] as Monsieur.<ref>The story of the Papin sisters was filmed in 1995 as ''[[Sister My Sister]]'', starring [[United Kingdom\|British]] actresses [[Joely Richardson]], [[Jodhi May]], and [[Julie Walters]]. The film was directed by [[Nancy Meckler]] and written by [[Wendy Kesselman]]. The case was also the subject of ''[[Murderous Maids]]'' (''Les Blessures Assassines''), a French film starring [[Sylvie Testud]] and [[Julie-Marie Parmentier]] and directed by [[Jean-Pierre Denis]], released in 2000.</ref> Solange and Claire are two housemaids who construct elaborate [[sadomasochism\|sadomasochistic]] rituals when their mistress (Madame) is away. The focus of their roleplaying is the murder of Madame and they take turns portraying either side of the power divide. The deliberate pace and devotion to detail guarantees that they always fail to actualize their fantasies by ceremoniously "killing" Madame at the ritual's denouement. Before it was filmed for the [[American Film Theatre]], it ran at the [[Greenwich Theatre]], [[London]], with the same principal cast later used for the film version. The director, [[Christopher Miles]] planned the 12 -day shoot with a single camera which could track anywhere over the set with the [[cinematographer]] [[Douglas Slocombe]]<ref>{{cite journal\|journal=Cinema TV Today\|title=Miles on filming a stage success\|date=1 May 1974}}</ref> and deliberately implemented many of Genet's theatrical devices for the film. The camera was often static, the settings lush and extravagant. The film was shown at the [[1975 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite news\|newspaper=[[France Soir]]\|title=Les Yeux Fertiles – Christopher Miles une oeuvre magistrale\|date=20 May 1975}}</ref> but was not entered into the main competition.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2202/year/1975.html \|website=Festival de Cannes\|title=The Maids \|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref>

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