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Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
24 videodiscs (ca. 3468 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The saga of the aristocratic Bellamy family and their loyal and lively servants. Real-life events from 1903-1930 are incorporated into the stories of the Bellamy household.
3) The help
Language
English
Description
Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An infamous war criminal and former general spending his life on the run from international authorities is suddenly moved to a new hideout, where he develops a relationship with the maid that looks after him. But when he discovers that she is actually an agent hired to protect him, he makes a decision that will drastically change both of their lives.
5) Roma
Series
Criterion collection volume 1014
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Criterion collection.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
With his eighth and most personal film, Alfonso Cuaron recreated the early 1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of Cleo, the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. Charged with the care of four small children abandoned by their father, Cleo tends to the family even as her own life is shaken by personal and political upheavals.
6) The help
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
What happens when a drunken promise leads to living with a dragon? That's Miss Kobayashi's new reality when Tohru, her new maid-slash-dragon appears in her life! And if one wasn't enough, in comes Kanna, a little dragon with a big attitude. Soon, Kobayashi has a house full of adorable dragons, one serving tail and the other serving serious moe.
8) Séraphine
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
The true story of Séraphine Louis, a simple, devout housekeeper who in 1905, at the age of 41, began painting brilliantly colorful canvases. In 1912, a German art critic discovered her paintings while she was working as his maid. Tells the story of the relationship between the avant-garde dealer and the visionary cleaning lady, forging a testament to the mysteries of creativity and the resilience of one woman's spirit.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A town's lone African American woman is surrounded by social isolation and deep-seated racism while working as a housekeeper. Set in rural Iowa in the early 1900s, Cora is confronted with death, abortion and loneliness. Working as a domestic, she lives only for her daughter and the neglected child of her employers.
10) Stunning
Author
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Samuel French acting ed.
Physical Desc
126 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Lily knows nothing beyond the Syrian-Jewish community in Brooklyn where she lives a cloistered life with her much older husband. Soon an unlikely relationship with her enigmatic African-American maid opens Lily's world to new possibilities--but at a huge price."--P. [4] of cover.
11) Mary Reilly
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The classic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gets a chilling new twist when seen through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's devoted maid.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Celestine is a sexy and saucy servant whose forthrightness has a curious effect on a wealthy Parisian household. Determined to elevate her lot in life, Celestine uses her unsubtle charms to beguile the master of the household.
13) A simple life
Publisher
Well Go Usa
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Roger is a successful movie producer. Ah Tao has worked for Roger's family as a nanny and maid over the course of four generations. When Roger comes home to find Ah Tao's suffered a severe stroke and she is unable to care for herself, he agrees to help her relocate to a nursing home. He wants to help, but fears he'll fail her. She needs his kindness, but doesn't want to be a burden. As their roles reverse, he becomes her caregiver, and comes to understand...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Raquel has worked as a housemaid for an upper-class Santiago, Chile, family for 23 years. On Raquel's 41st birthday, Pilar Valdez and family force the sullen, withdrawn maid to emerge from her kitchen sanctum and join the family for a celebration, but her discomfort is as strong as the family's need to acknowledge their awkward dependence on her. Raquel becomes unable to care for the house alone and new help is hired, which throws her into a jealous...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 34 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young and pretty maid-for-hire meets and begins dating a wealthy businessman. Embarrassed about taking him to her tiny apartment, she takes him to the home she cleans--not knowing it's really his place. He goes along with the deception until she discovers who he really is and seeks revenge.
16) The housemaid
Publisher
Shout! / Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Vietnamese
Description
Vietnam, 1953: Linh, a poor, orphaned young woman, finds employment as a house cleaner in a crumbling plantation presided over by the emotionally fragile French officer Sebastien Laurent. Soon, a torrid love affair develops between the two, a taboo romance that rouses the ghost of Laurent's dead wife, who won't rest until blood flows. Submerged in moody Gothic atmosphere, this stylish supernatural saga confronts the dark shadows of Vietnam's colonial...
17) Roma
Series
Criterion collection volume 1014
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (105 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
Español
Description
With his eighth and most personal film, Alfonso Cuaron recreated the early 1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of Cleo, the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. Charged with the care of four small children abandoned by their father, Cleo tends to the family even as her own life is shaken by personal and political upheavals.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1229
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
DVD edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (97 min., 95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
Brief encounters: Nadia moves from the countryside to the big city and meets a charming geologist, Maxim, while working in a tea shop, falling in love with him. However, Maxim already has a love interest, Valya, a woman who eventually hires Nadia as a housekeeper, unaware that they both are in love with Maxim.
The long farewell: Follows the relationship between a single mother and her teenage son and the rift that grows between them after he spends...
20) Trances
Series
Criterion collection volume 689
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Director-approved special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (folded ; 18 cm)
Language
Arabic
Description
The groundbreaking Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane is the subject of this captivating documentary by Ahmed El Maanouni, who filmed the four musicians during a series of electrifying live performances in Tunisia, Morocco, and France.
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