Fámulas

Fámulas is one of the synonyms of maid. The author discovers Jean Genet's Maids in a theater in Madrid and is fascinated by this piece about the crime of the Papin sisters, who murdered her bosses. The work leads her to evoke her grandmother's maid, a source of inspiration for the character in one of her novels, and to reflect on the abuses that many domestic workers still suffer today. She decides to collect the testimonies - direct, sincere, heartbreaking - of four women from Honduras, Portugal and Cape Verde who, driven by economic needs, came to Spain to work. She gives a voice to those who do not have one.