Murtada Elfadl Following Nicole Kidman’s “Babygirl,” another psychologically complex erotic thriller arrives at one of the fall festivals.
Unspooling in the Discovery Section at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Argentine thriller “Linda” puts a sexy and mysterious maid inside a household where she wrecks emotional havoc with the family she’s serving.
Immediately the tables are turned and her mystique attracts everyone and gives the upper hand. At the center of filmmaker’s Mariana Wainstein, is an alluring yet reserved performance from Eugenia “China” Suárez as the eponymous enigmatic beguiler.
Linda enters the story as a temporary replacement for an injured maid, who’s her cousin. This is a Buenos Aires family of four, equally divided by gender as mother, father, daughter and son.
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