Murderous Maids

Synopsis

Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter. Christine Papin and Léa Papin are sisters with an already troubled past. Madame Lancelin takes them into her home and employs the girls as maids. Christine sees in Madame Lancelin an ideal mother figure — in spite of her severity. But their wretched background — an indifferent mother and drunken abusive father — casts a shadow over the girls and over time their ill-fated situation darkens. The sisters withdraw into themselves and finish by committing the worst — killing Madame Lancelin and her daughter after six years of service, on the 2 February 1933 in Le Mans.

Main Cast

Julie-Marie Parmentier

Léa Papin

Age : 42 | Popularity : 9%

Sylvie Testud

Christine Papin

Age : 53 | Popularity : 9%

Isabelle Renauld

Clémence

Age : 57 | Popularity : 5%

François Levantal

le Gazé

Age : 63 | Popularity : 6%

Dominique Labourier

madame Lancelin

Age : 81 | Popularity : 5%

Jean-Gabriel Nordmann

monsieur Lancelin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Marie Donnio

Geneviève Lancelin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lily Boulogne

Alberta

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Michèle Pétin Jean-Pierre Denis
	Novel	Paulette Houdyer
Directing	Director	Jean-Pierre Denis
Department	Role	Name

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