THE MAIDS
Jean Genet
The Maids by Krama Cyprus directed by Spyros Antonellos.
Solange and Claire are two sisters who are housemaids. When their mistress (Madame) is away, they take turns role-playing Madame while the other plays her maid. In this way, they portray both sides of the power divide. Each, when playing Madame, demeans and abases her sister. There is a "furtive"[9] eroticism to their interactions.
The ultimate goal of their role-playing is carrying out the real murder of Madame as the only way to free themselves of subjugation. The maids' deliberate pace, their emotionally-charged arguments, and their devotion to detail guarantee that they always fail to actualize their fantasies of ceremoniously "killing" Madame at the ritual's dénouement with unexpected consequences.
Music by Constantinos Soren Demetriou
