简介：“Live-InMaid,”JorgeGaggero’sremarkablyassuredfirstfilm,examinesthecomplicatedrelationshipbetweenBeba(NormaAleandro)andDora(NormaArgentina),anupper-classBuenosAireswomanandherlongtimehousekeeper.Thetwowomensharearoomyapartment,whichDorakeepsinimmaculateorderwhileBebaprimpsandsighslikeanoperadivawithanaudienceofone,orthequeenofasmall,secretnation.“Live-InMaid”ismodestinscope,butitfeelscomplete,fullyinhabited,inawaythatmoreovertlyambitiousmoviesrarelydo.Itsstoryandthemesareoutwardlystraightforward,butasthefilmdevelops,itacquiresaglowofmystery,asMr.Gaggeroinvitesyoutocontemplate,withinthecontextoftwoperfectlyordinarylives,theparadoxesoffriendshipandthechallengeofmaintainingdignityinaworldthatconspirestoundermineit.—A.O.Scott,TheNewYorkTimes…