Pigan Brinner!
Character: Tonårs-Nosferatu
Directed by: Martin Lima de Faria, Anette Skåhlberg
Written by: Anette Skåhlberg
Cast Members: Leif Andrée, Maria Kulle
Genre: Short
Duration: 11m
"Pigan brinner!" ("Maid on fire!") is a "modern silent short," shot in black/white 35 mm with the hand cranked camera Pathé, from 1914, telling the story of a Maid that slaves in a Swedish family high-etc kitchen in the year of 2008, serving some twin brats, a hungry Nosferatu-teenager and a father "dying" in a cold. All tensed up, she suddenly starts to burn and SELFCOMBUST!... Maid on fire! is a torch in the Swedish debate about maids. A silent modern short comedy about a maid that selfcombust.
Script developed by Never Enough Design
