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女佣 (2005)

1h 33m

Running Time

女佣 (2005)

Name: 女佣
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Released: 2005-08-18

1h 33m

Running Time

Plot.

Alone for the first time and away from her family in rural Philippines, Rosa Dimaano arrives in the cosmopolitan city state of Singapore to work as a maid. Her employers Mr and Mrs Teo runs a Chinese Teochew dialect opera troupe takes well to their new domestic help. So do their mentally disabled son, Ah Soon. In Chinese superstition, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is regarded as the month when the gates of hell open for forsaken spirits to walk the earth for 30 days. Unknown to Rosa, she arrives on the eve and her hell is about to begin.

Where to Watch.

Free

Currently 女佣 is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy

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Cast & Crew.

Alessandra de Rossi

Rosa Dimaano

Hong Huifang

Mrs. Teo

Benny Soh

Ah Soon

Zhenwei Guan

Wati

Mohd Haizad Bin Imram

Mailman

Nur Awal'liyah Ja'afar

Ester Santos

Chen Shucheng

Mr. Teo

Irin Lee

Costume Design

Daniel Lim

Art Direction

Kelvin Tong

Director

Titus Ho

Producer

Saw Yam Seah

Producer

Pui-Yin Chan

Producer

Joe Ng

Composer

Alex Oh

Composer

Lucas Jodogne

Cinematographer

Lawrence S. Ang

Editor

Hwee Ling Low

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
August 18, 2005

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 33m

Box Office
$2,154,000

Genres
Drama Horror Thriller

Last updated: 2024-09-03

Wiki.

The Maid (Chinese: 女佣) is a 2005 Singaporean horror film directed by Kelvin Tong, revolving around a maid who recently arrived in Singapore from the Philippines. She has to acclimate herself to the customs of the Singapore Seventh Month, during which she struggles with supernatural forces. The maid is employed by a Teochew opera family with many secrets, who give her a place to stay in their dilapidated shophouse.

The film broke the box office record in Singapore for the horror genre, making S$700,000 on its opening weekend.

It won the European Fantastic Film Festival Federation (EFFFF) Asian Film Award at the 10th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan). The EFFFF Asian Film Award is a prize awarded to the best Asian film of the year by the federation, of which PiFan is a supporting member.

It starred Alessandra de Rossi, Hong Huifang, Benny Soh, Guan Zhenwei and Chen Shucheng.