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Cinema Latino – La Nana


Directed by Sebastian Silva and starring Catalina Saavedra, The Maid tells several vignettes of a housekeeper named Raquel. Constantly busy caring for the rambunctious family, without much of a social life of her own, she battles everything from tough stains to the family cat on a regular basis. With how much work and stress she has on her plate, her family decides to lighten her load by hiring a second maid.

But it’s then that things start to go haywire in the film, as we see just how possessive the 41 year old veteran maid can be of her territory. She’s gone to great lengths over and over again to keep over housekeepers unemployed at the estate, but she may just meet her match in the form of a kindhearted greenhorn named Lucy.

The entirety of The Maid takes place inside the residence of Raquel’s family, and the director avoided a cramped feeling by using a handheld camcorder through the entire film. Overall, the story has the realistic feel of a documentary with elements of comedy and mystery within.

The Maid received two awards at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 for world cinema and Saavedra’s acting skill.

La Nana, dirigida por Sebastián Silva y protagonizada por Catalina Saavedra, narra varias viñetas de una mucama llamada Raquel. Siempre estaba ocupada cuidando de una familia inquieta; ella no tiene mucha vida social y a diario enfrenta de todo, desde las manchas más difíciles hasta el gato de la familia. Debido a que tiene tanto trabajo y estrés, la familia decide contratar otra mucama para alivianarle su carga.

Es entonces cuando las cosas se vuelven caóticas en la película; vemos lo posesiva de su territorio que puede ser una mucama veterana de 41 años. Una y otra vez hace grandes esfuerzos por evitar que en la hacienda le den empleo a otras mucamas, pero encuentra a la horma de su zapato en una novata de buen corazón llamada Lucy.

Toda la filmación de La Nana sucede en la residencia de la familia de Raquel; el director evita la sensación de encierro al usar una videocámara de mano en toda la filmación. Sobre todo, la historia da la sensación realista de una documental con elementos de comedia y misterio en ella.

La Nana recibió dos premios en el Sundance Film Festival en el 2009 por world cinema y por las habilidad de actuación de Saavedra.

SPANISH LESSON

“Encuentra a la horma de su zapato en una novata de buen corazón …” ‘La horma de su zapato’ is a Spanish expression that means ‘she met her match.’ In the manufacturing of the shoes the mold is a cast used to shape them. In the same way the mold and the shoe match exactly, two people fit perfectly.

Example: Don Juan Tenorio encontró en Inés la horma de su zapato. (Don Juan Tenorio found in Ines his match.)

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