Worried About Work 2005 / Señora Beba-Cama adentro / Argentina, Spain 2004
In this bittersweet exploration of identity and class relations, a maid named Dora has been indispensable to her employer Señora Beba. But after 35 years together, will the Argentine economic crisis separate them? And if so, can they survive outside the protective confines of their traditional roles?
After 35 years together, will the Argentine economic crisis finally part maid Dora and mistress Beba? This bittersweet exploration of identity and class relations depicts their relationship with great poignancy. Dora, an Indian from the impoverished province of Chaco, has been indispensable to Señora Beba and both of them know it. While living in and caring for Beba’s upscale Buenos Aires apartment, Dora has been saving her salary to build a small home in the suburbs. Meanwhile, Beba, a divorced socialite, has seen her once comfortable standard of living disappear and heavy debts accumulate. Even clandestine trips to the pawnbroker can’t provide her with the means to pay Dora - or her utility bills. When Dora finally leaves, both women find themselves at a loss. Can they continue outside of their traditional roles? Live-in Maid gains added piquancy from Norma Argentina’s portrayal of Dora. Before making her acting debut here she worked for years as a professional housekeeper.
83 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Jorge Gaggero
/ Screenplay Jorge Gaggero
/ Dir. of Photography Javier Juliá
/ Editor Guillermo Represas
/ Producer Verónica Cura
/ Cast Norma Aleandro, Norma Argentina, Marcos Mundstock, Raúl Panguinao, Elsa Berenguer
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Jorge Gaggero graduated in film studies from the Centro de Experimentación y Realización Cinematografica in Buenos Aires in 1994. While working as a producer and director at Edicion Plus, he was a finalist for the 1995 Emmy Award in the category of Best Foreign Documentary. Gaggero wrote and directed Ojos de fuego (1996), which won awards for Best Short Subject Script at the National Film Institute and Best Short Film at the Sin Cortes Film Festival. The film was distributed in Europe, Australia, Latin America and the United States. Gaggero was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1998 and obtained his masters degree in direction from the American Film Institute. As part of the program, he wrote and directed the shorts The Secret Sea and A Piece of Earth. His feature writing and directing debut, Live-in Maid (Cama adentro, 2004), won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Best Latin American Actress Prize at the Brussels Film Festival.
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