The Quiet Maid

The Quiet Maid (Calladita) is a 2023 satirical drama film written and directed by Miguel Faus which stars Paula Grimaldo alongside Ariadna Gil, Pol Hermoso, and Luis Bermejo.

Plot
Working for an upper-class family in the Costa Brava, quiet Colombian domestic maid Ana unlocks new ways to enjoy the Summer after coming across fellow maid Gisela.

Production
A Calladita Films, Potenza Producciones, and Decentralized Pictures production, the film was partially financed through the Andrews/Bernard Award (a Steven Soderbergh-backed post-production fund granted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival) and by a crowdfunding campaign through non-fungible tokens (NFC). Jim Cummings served as executive producer. The film was shot in September 2022 in the Costa Brava. Faus explained his film as tackling "issues related to class differences and injustices from a satirical portrait of the Catalan upper middle class".

Release
The Quiet Maid world premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) in November 2023. Its festival run also included screenings at the 27th Málaga Film Festival and the 8th BCN Film Fest. It is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 24 May 2024.

Reception
Wendy Ide of ScreenDaily wrote that the film "combines a distinctive tone and striking visual sense with a knock-out performance from Paula Grimaldo".

Davide Abbatescianni of Cineuropa assessed that the film "would have benefited from sharper, more sardonic writing".

Laura Pérez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting the discovery of Paula Grimaldo as the best thing about the film.