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The Housemaid (Cô Hầu Gái ) is a 2016 Vietnamese gothic romance horror film directed by Derek Nguyen and starring Nhung Kate, Jean-Michel Richaud, Kim Xuan, and Rosie Fellner. Released in Vietnam on September 16, 2016, the film became the third-highest-grossing horror film in Vietnam's history and had its North American premiere at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival.

Plot
Set in 1953 Vietnam during the First Indochinese War, the film tells the story of an orphaned country girl named Linh, who gets hired to be a housemaid at a haunted French rubber plantation. She unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner Captain Sebastien Laurent, and awakens the vengeful ghost of his dead wife, Camille... who is out for blood.

Cast

 * Nhung Kate as Linh
 * Jean-Michel Richaud as Captain Sebastien Laurent
 * Kim Xuan as Mrs. Han
 * Rosie Fellner as Madeleine
 * Phi Phung as Mrs. Ngo
 * Kien An as Mr. Chau
 * Svitlana Kovalenko as Madame Camille
 * Linh Son Nguyen as Bao

Reception
At the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival, Nhung Kate received a Special Jury Prize for Acting for her portrayal of Linh.

The film was honored with the Silver Lotus Award (second prize) at the 2017 Vietnamese Film Festival and received awards for Best Score and Best Sound Design.