Top billed cast

1. 

   Julie-Marie Parmentier

   Léa Papin

2. 

   Sylvie Testud

   Christine Papin

3. 

   Isabelle Renauld

   Clémence

4. 

   François Levantal

   le Gazé

5. 

   Dominique Labourier

   madame Lancelin

6. 

   Jean-Gabriel Nordmann

   monsieur Lancelin

7. 

   Marie Donnio

   Geneviève Lancelin

8. 

   Lily Boulogne

   Alberta

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Reviews

A review by MoHA

Written by MoHA on 2015-10-19

Just as the mystery of Jack the Ripper continues to grip the English imagination, the case of the Papin sisters of Le Mans — two maids who, in 1933, brutally slaughtered their employer and her daughter — holds a peculiar sway over the French. Jean Genet used the ghastly events as the basis for his celebrated one-act play "The Maids," while the cream of France's intelligentsia, from Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir to Jacques Lacan, have searched for answers to the questions raised by the Papins' bizarre crime. Jean-Pierre Denis's scorching film — one of the most harrowing true-cri...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• sibling relationship
• france
• murder