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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Vietnam, 1953: Linh (Nhung Kate), a poor, orphaned young woman, finds employment as a housemaid in a crumbling rubber plantation presided over by the emotionally fragile French officer Sebastien Laurent (Jean-Michel Richaud). Soon, a torrid love affair develops between the two – a taboo romance that rouses the ghost of Laurent’s dead wif...

Directed By: Derek Nguyen

Written By: Derek Nguyen

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 45 m

The Housemaid

Metascore Generally Favorable
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Summary Vietnam, 1953: Linh (Nhung Kate), a poor, orphaned young woman, finds employment as a housemaid in a crumbling rubber plantation presided over by the emotionally fragile French officer Sebastien Laurent (Jean-Michel Richaud). Soon, a torrid love affair develops between the two – a taboo romance that rouses the ghost of Laurent’s dead wif...

Directed By: Derek Nguyen

Written By: Derek Nguyen

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70
Feb 22, 2018
When its many secrets spill out in the finale, “The Housemaid” has to cheat a little to pull off a humdinger of a twist, but it’s enormously satisfying anyway, if only for bringing the core historical conflict back to the fore.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 22, 2018
The film, bearing no small debt to Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca, inevitably has a familiar feel. But director-screenwriter Nguyen infuses it with enough fresh elements to make it fully entertaining.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 22, 2018
Writer-director Derek Nguyen's supernatural thriller settles confidently in a place between classy and trashy.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 15, 2018
The result is a good-looking but overstuffed genre pileup that confuses as often as it compels.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Happy Canvas, HKFilm
Release Date Feb 16, 2018
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Her Arrival Awakes the Wrath of Spirits
Website https://bongngo.online/phim/co-hau-gai
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Awards

Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Nomination

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