Directed by Mariana Cengel-Solcanská and co-written with Hana Lasicová, Chambermaid is set in WWI-era Prague, where teenager Anka (Dana Droppová) arrives to work as a maid in a wealthy household. Initially Anka makes an enemy of the family's daughter Resi (Radka Caldová), but as the world collapses around them the two young women begin to form a controversial bond.
The film also stars Vica Kerekes, Zuzana Mauréry and Cyril Dobrý.
Chambermaid is on US VOD from May 23rd. A UK/ROI release has yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
On the brink of the First World War, fifteen-year-old Anka is sent from her Slovakian village to work as a maid in a wealthy Prague household. Once there, the insecure newcomer is charged with looking after Resi, the family’s difficult daughter, enduring episode after episode of cruelty and humiliation at her hand. Soon though, Anka begins to see cracks in Resi’s tough surface, uncovering hidden family secrets.As war shatters the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the two women find solace in each other amid a world ruled by patriarchy and conflict, forging an intimate bond simmering with love and desire which transcends the two women’s class divide.
