Directed by Ousmane SembeneMy rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, New Yorker Films)
Poorly executed story of black girl from Senegal who is hired to be a maid to a rich couple in France. The girl has very few lines, instead we get constant narration of her inner thoughts. The young French woman who hires her never stops complaining and orders her to make coffee, do the dishes, cook the meals, etc. Eventually the black girl gets fed up and commits an act of desperation that quite simply seems implausible given what we know about her. I think this may have played well on the drive-in circuit with an Ed Wood or Doris Wishman film.
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