The Maid
5.7
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.
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Cast
7 people
Alessandra de Rossi
Rosa Dimaano
Also in
12
Replacing Chef Chico
Hong Huifang
Mrs. Teo
Also in
Ajoomma
Legend of the Eight Immortals
Benny Soh
Ah Soon
Also in
1965
Zhenwei Guan
Wati
No other roles listed
Chen Shucheng
Mr. Teo
Also in
The Ultimatum
The Golden Pillow
Mohd Haizad Bin Imram
Mailman
No other roles listed
Nur Awal'liyah Ja'afar
Ester Santos
No other roles listed
Kelvin Tong Director · Joe Ng Composer Lucas Jodogne Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $2.2M · United States release January 1, 2006 · Produced in Singapore
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,154,000
Production
MediaCorp Raintree Pictures
Production
Singapore
Produced in
Languages
Original title
女佣
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · Tagalog
Release dates
Malaysia · August 18, 2005
Theatrical
Singapore · August 18, 2005
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 2006
Physical
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