Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- bawdy
- irreverent
- provocative
- retro movie night
- adult comedy night
What critics said
Limited audience data suggest a mixed reception, with no substantial critical consensus available.
What sets it apart
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The building’s men and other residents are drawn to Mariolina through a morbid, collective fascination.
Aminta is explicitly identified as a maid of color whose arrival disrupts the existing erotic and social order.
Major Galeazzo, Chancellor Enea, Placido, Antenor, and others are connected by life in the same city building.
The film is marketed through sexual repression and sex comedy while making the residents’ fixation its central comic engine.
Films like Black Maid, and why
Malizia
bawdy Italian sex comedy, class tension, and eroticized domestic power dynamics
The Decameron
Italian ensemble comedy with sexual repression, social satire, and provocative humor
Amarcord
irreverent Italian social comedy combining urban community dynamics with erotic and class-based tensions
Movie Details
- Director
- Mario Bianchi
- Release Date
- 1976-03-06
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 4.6 / 10 (9)
Cast
- Carla Brait
- Femi Benussi
- Gianni Dei
- Magda Konopka
- Carla Calò
- Franco Latini
- Gino Pagnani
- Elio Stefanizzi
- Leo Valeriano
- Mauro Vestri
Common questions
- What is Black Maid about?
- A bawdy 1970s Italian apartment comedy in which a maid’s arrival unsettles a building’s erotic obsessions and racial hierarchies.
- What is Black Maid like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Black Maid as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Black Maid violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Black Maid.
- What did critics think of Black Maid?
- Limited audience data suggest a mixed reception, with no substantial critical consensus available.
- Which films are like Black Maid?
- Films with a similar feel include Malizia, The Decameron, and Amarcord.
- How long is Black Maid?
- Black Maid runs 99 minutes.
