The classic tale of clueless youths seeking hallucinogenic euphoria gets a funky twist in Sebastián Silva’s Sundance-winning road trip through the majestic plains of Chile. As American tourists caught in a battle of will, Michael Cera and Gaby Hoffmann are equal parts discomfiting and hilarious.
Sebastián Silva assembles a winning ensemble cast for this, his fifth feature: a film about many things at once—pregnancy, gentrification—but most of all something more complicated, frequently, and fascinatingly elusive. A surprising film that builds and builds to a truly killer, knockout ending.
Winner of the Grand Prize at Sundance and a Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Film, The Maid is a beautifully drawn and stunningly well-acted domestic drama—tense, and ultimately touching. With her magnificent lead performance, Catalina Saavedra conquered the festival circuit.