"Das Zimmermädchen( Lynn)" or "The Chambermaid( Lynn)" is a German(-language) film from 2014, so it is already two years old. The writer and director is Ingo Haeb and these 85 minutes are a contender for his most known work. The title character is played by Vicky Krieps and her co-lead is the more known Lena Lauzemis. This is the story of a chamber maid, who keeps crawling under beds to listen to the secrets of the hotel guests she should actually work for. Well.. she does, but she also spies on them and a lot of it has to do with sexual pleasure. Chamber maid, sexual please? You heard that before? Probably from Sergej Moya's much more explicit short film "Hotel Desire". But these are all the parallels you will find I guess. Because not only is this one here a feature film, the main character is also entirely different. I am not too sure if Krieps fit the character as honestly she just comes off as somebody who would prudely work in her profession and not risk her job for some indecent preferences. And while Lauzemis fit the character nicely, also all the sexually-flavored scenes felt a bit out of character for the title character in my opinion. I guess the main reason why this movie is somewhat known is probably because some people get curious because of the lesbian references, but apart from some naked skin and very non-explicit intercourse, there is nothing controversial or "shocking" in here. But sadly, there is also nothing really good here. I found the main character mostly forgettable, which may have to do with the performance, but also with the way she was written. And the supporting characters were disappointing too. When you have somebody like Christine Schorn available, you have to make much more from that apart from a pretty pretentious scene which is not half as ambitious as it wants to be with the character asking if something is wrong. As a whole this film was not a failure, but I am slightly glad it did not go on for another 15 minutes as I felt it already had some lengths the way it actually is. Watch something else instead.
Review of The Chambermaid Lynn
