---
title: 'Murderous Maids (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Pierre Denis'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/murderous-maids-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216578/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Murderous Maids (2000)

2000 · 94 min · Drama, Crime · France

Original title: Les Blessures assassines

## Synopsis

Murderous Maids is a 2000 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Denis, which tells the true story of two French maids, Christine and Lea Papin. The screenplay by Jean-Pierre Denis with Michèle Pétin, was based on the book  L'affaire Papin by Paulette Houdyer. It told the story of the double murder committed by the maids, which made sensational headlines in France in 1933. The film had 360,846 admissions in France.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Pierre Denis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-denis)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Pierre Denis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-denis), [Michèle Pétin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-petin)
- **Producer:** [Michèle Pétin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-petin), [Laurent Pétin](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-petin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean-Marc Fabre](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marc-fabre)
- **Editor:** [Marie-Hélène Dozo](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-helene-dozo)

## Cast

- [Marie Donnio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-donnio) as Geneviève Lancelin
- [Sylvie Testud](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvie-testud) as Christine Papin
- [Nadia Barentin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadia-barentin) as La mère supérieure
- [Michaël Abiteboul](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-abiteboul) as Etienne
- [Jean-Gabriel Nordmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-gabriel-nordmann) as M. Lancelin
- [Camille Leproust](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-leproust) as Léa
- [François Levantal](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-levantal) as Le Gazé
- [Dominique Labourier](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-labourier) as Madame Lancelin
- [Isabelle Renauld](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-renauld) as Clémence
- [Julie-Marie Parmentier](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-marie-parmentier) as Léa Papin

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