The Maid
2005, Film, 93 min, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Chinese, Singapore, MoviePedia score 61
Alone for the first time and away from her family in rural Philippines, Rosa Dimaano arrives in the cosmopolitan city state of Singapore to work as a maid. Her employers Mr and Mrs Teo runs a Chinese Teochew dialect opera troupe takes well to their new domestic help. So do their mentally disabled son, Ah Soon. In Chinese superstition, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is regarded as the month when the gates of hell open for forsaken spirits to walk the earth for 30 days. Unknown to Rosa, she arrives on the eve and her hell is about to begin.
Directed by Kelvin Tong
Cast
- Alessandra De Rossi as Rosa Dimaano
- Huifang Hong as Mrs. Teo
- Benny Soh as Ah Soon
- Zhenwei Guan as Wati
- Mohd Haizad Bin Imram as Mailman
- Griffin Chan as Accident Boy
- Shucheng Chen as Mr. Teo
- Airick Chia as Cyclist
- Celine Chia as Ghost on the Ground
- Tan Ooh Chye as Mahjong Player
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