The help wanted sign didn't mention the soul-crushing.
The young Colombian Luz gets a coveted position as a housemaid with a diplomatic couple. Finally, she will earn enough money to support her family in Bogota. Arriving with great expectations in faraway Germany Luz discovers a dark abyss behind the perfect facade.
Acting
Andrea Sanchez del Solar's face does what dialogue cannot.
Direction
Gassmann turns spacious apartments into claustrophobic traps.
Director
Jasmin Gassmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a single location over five days on a micro-budget, with the director's own apartment doubling as the diplomatic residence.
Gassmann based the script on real accounts from Colombian domestic workers in European diplomatic households, a specifically invisible labor sector with no legal protections.
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