Movie

The Cleaning Lady

2018 · 90 min

A slow, uneasy descent into fixation and cruelty, where sympathy curdles into dread and the intimacy feels invasive.

Tagline: A twisted story of obsession and love
Overview: In a bid to distract herself from an affair, a narcissistic woman befriends a cleaning lady with burn scars, but she soon discovers that the scars may be more than skin deep.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, trauma, betrayal, identity
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
trauma
betrayal
identity
isolation
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong