En quete des soeurs Papin
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Claude Ventura
Pascale Thirode
Henri Dutilleux
Georges Lafitte
Marie Mehu
Philippe Paringaux
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Traces the story of the sisters Christine and Lea Papin, two housemaids who, in Le Mans in February 1933, brutally murdered Madame Lancelin and her daughter Genevieve. What was life like for housemaids in a bourgeois household in Le Mans in the thirties? The Papin sisters worked for the Lancelin family for seven years; they even called Madame Lancelin 'maman'. Who were these people that the two young women were working for? How did the court cope with the fact that, although the murder weapons were found and a confession was made, no motive for the murder could be established? And what about Lea Papin, the younger of the two sisters? Lea finished serving her prison sentence, but her official date of death is not known. How did she live - and how did she die? The sisters' story has inspired many people over the years to make it the subject of their writings.
Director
Claude Ventura
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Released in United States February 2001
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 7-18, 2001.
The idea for the documentary came from Laurent and Michele Petin, producers of Jean-Pierre Denis' dramatic feature on the Papin sisters, "Les blessures assassines/ Murderous Maids" (France/2000). The Petins produced this documentary in order to try and tackle some of the questions raised by their dramatic film.
Released in United States February 2001 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 7-18, 2001.)
