Verónica Langer, Adriana Paz, Fernando Becerril, Eduardo Mendizábal. Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. Based on the play Hilda / Marie NDiaye. Special features: promo, trailer, photo gallery, short film Peoria / written and directed by Andrés Clariónd Rangel (approximately 16 minutes ; 2010).
Summary:
"Mrs. Lemarchand was an activist in her youth, but she became a housewife when she married wealthy Mr. Lemarchand. With the arrival of the new maid, Hilda, and her participation in a documentary about the events of Tlatelolco in 1968, Mrs. Lemarchand's identity crisis is intensified to the verge of madness..." -- IMDb. Susana Le Marchand es un ama de casa ignorada por su acaudalado marido, y gasta sus dias en perfeccionar su lujosa casa. Ahora esta en busqueda de una nueva domestica, y en esos precisos dias, su exjardinero en agradecimiento por sus buenos tratos con el le lleva un obsequio de parte de su esposa llamada Hilda. Halagada, Susana contrata a Hilda. La relacion entre ambas es de cordialidad, la duena de la casa siempre se ha caracterizado por su nobleza hacia sus empleados. Un dia Hilda encuentra unos libros con tema marxistas y se lo hace saber a Susana. Agradecida por el hallazgo, su jefa retoma esas lecturas de su juventud y reconecta con su pasado de izquierda.
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