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8 | ->''"When slaves love each other, it's not love"'' |
9 | -->-- '''Solange''' |
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11 | ''The Maids'' is a 1975 British drama film directed by Christopher Miles, based on an [[{{Absurdism}} absurdist]] play of the same title by Creator/JeanGenet, which in turn is [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory very loosely based]] on the case of infamous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papin_sisters Papin sisters]]. |
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13 | It revolves around the [[TheMasochismTango sado-masochistic hate-love]] relationship of Solange (Creator/GlendaJackson) and Claire (Creator/SusannahYork), two PsychoLesbian sisters serving as [[{{Meido}} maids]]. When their mistress is away, they take turns putting on her clothing and impersonating her while the other still plays a maid in a ritualistic game. Slowly, the urge to kill their beloved and hated mistress becomes stronger and stronger, and their deranged minds weaker and weaker... |
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16 | !!This film provides examples of: |
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18 | * AccidentalMisnaming: The mistress cannot be bothered to remember which is Claire and which is Solange. |
19 | %%* BrotherSisterIncest |
20 | %%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The mistress. |
21 | %%* DeathSeeker: Solange |
22 | %%* DownerEnding |
23 | %%* FrenchMaid: Just look at the title. |
24 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The mistress thinks her maids are so sweet and reliable. |
25 | %%* LoveMartyr: They take turns. |
26 | * NoNameGiven: The maids' mistress is identified only as "Madame". |
27 | * PerfectPoison: Death by sleeping pills overdose is not so peaceful really. |
28 | %%* PsychoLesbian |
29 | %%* TheMasochismTango: The main plot. |
30 | * ObliviousGuiltSlinging: The mistress trusts her maids (who frame her lover and plot to poison her) so much that even they themselves feel ashamed. |
31 | %%* TooDumbToLive: The mistress. |
32 | %%* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: See above. |
33 | %%* {{Yandere}}: Pretty much everyone in the movie. |
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