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The Chambermaid
La camarista

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Directed by Lila Avilés
Produced by Lila Avilés and Tatiana Graullera
Written by Lila Avilés and Juan Márquez Based on the play by Lila Avilés and Juan Márquez
With: Gabriela Cartol, Agustina Quinci, and Teresa Sánchez
Cinematography: Carlos Rossini
Editing: Omar Guzmán
Runtime: 102 min
Release Date: 28 July 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
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Lila Avilés debut is a minimalist slice of observational workplace realism centering on a young hotel employee in Mexico City. Gabriela Cartol creates an intriguing inner life with very little dialogue or narrative. Clearly made to "humanize" members of the invisible underclass, but its extreme austerity only goes so far in this goal.