The Housemaids _ Teaser
Description :
By taking Jean Genet's play 'The Maids' as a point of departure, the film is a journey through the mind space of two sisters - oppressed in captivity of each other. Working as housemaids for now an old upper class vegetative Madame. As the sisters attempt to fill the void by playing ritualistic games - adorning each other in costume, class, language and behaviour - that emerges from their twisted selves, of lives lived in submission, with desires unfulfilled. They enact a freedom they never feel.
Festivals :
Women Make Waves, Taiwan (2019), IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival (2019), Bangalore Queer Film Festival (2019).
Credits :
Screenplay by Nihaarika Negi
Produced by Prateek Chakravorty
Cinematography by Sejal Shah
Cast:
Nihaarika Negi
Kirtana Kumar
Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal
Arpit Singh