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Limpia (2025)

102 min · Drama

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Directors

Dominga Sotomayor

Cast

María Paz Grandjean, Rosa Puga Vittini

A lonely domestic worker and the six-year-old girl in her care grow close amid tensions in a wealthy Santiago household.

The story

Estela leaves her home in southern Chile to work as a domestic worker for a wealthy family in Santiago. Alongside her housework, she cares for six-year-old Julia, who, like Estela, suffers from loneliness. Julia’s parents are caught up in their own problems, and tension marks family life. As Estela and Julia develop a deep bond, Estela’s life remains shaped by social inequality and injustice within the household.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Estela once left her home in southern Chile to work as a domestic worker for a wealthy family in Santiago. Along with doing the housework, she also looks after six-year-old Julia—a young girl who, like Estela, suffers from loneliness. Julia’s parents are caught up in their own problems, and family life is marked by tension. A deep bond develops between Estela and the child. Yet Estela’s life remains shaped by social inequality and injustice. When the conflicts in the house come to a head one fateful summer, everyone involved—without realizing it—is heading toward a tragedy that will change everything.

Genres

Drama

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