Christine and Léa Papin
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| Lea Papin was released from prison in 1941. She then lived in the town of [[Nantes]], where she was joined by her mother. She was thought to have died in 1982, but this was questioned in 2000 by the French filmmaker, [[Claude Ventura]]. Ventura made a documentary film, ''[[In Search of the Papin Sisters]]''. | Lea Papin was released from prison in 1941. She then lived in the town of [[Nantes]], where she was joined by her mother. She was thought to have died in 1982, but this was questioned in 2000 by the French filmmaker, [[Claude Ventura]]. Ventura made a documentary film, ''[[In Search of the Papin Sisters]]''. | ||
| - | ==Works inspired by or based on the case== | + | ==More works inspired by or based on the case== |
| *''[[The Maids]] (Les Bonnes)'' (1947), a play by [[Jean Genet]] | *''[[The Maids]] (Les Bonnes)'' (1947), a play by [[Jean Genet]] | ||
| *''[[The Maids (film)|The Maids]]'' (1974), a film based on the play, directed by [[Christopher Miles]] | *''[[The Maids (film)|The Maids]]'' (1974), a film based on the play, directed by [[Christopher Miles]] | ||
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| *''[[Murderous Maids]]'' - a French film directed [[Jean-Pierre Denis]] | *''[[Murderous Maids]]'' - a French film directed [[Jean-Pierre Denis]] | ||
| *''[[In Search of the Papin Sisters]]'' - a documentary film directed by Claude Ventura | *''[[In Search of the Papin Sisters]]'' - a documentary film directed by Claude Ventura | ||
| + | ==Works relating to the case== | ||
| + | *''[[The Maids]] (Les Bonnes)'', a play by [[Jean Genet]] | ||
| + | *''The Maids'', a film based on the play, directed by [[Christopher Miles]] | ||
| + | *''My Sister in This House'', a play by [[Wendy Kesselman]] | ||
| + | *''[[Sister My Sister]]'', a film version of the play directed by [[Nancy Meckler]] | ||
| + | *''Les Abysses'', a film directed by Nikos Papatakis | ||
| + | *''Les Soeurs Papin'', a book by R. le Texier | ||
| + | *''Blood Sisters'', a stage play and screenplay by Neil Paton | ||
| + | *''L'Affaire Papin'', a book by Paulette Houdyer | ||
| + | *''La Solution du Passage a l'Acte'', a book by Frances Dupre | ||
| + | *''Paris Was Yesterday'', a book by Janet Flanner | ||
| + | *''La Ligature'', a short film by Gilles Cousin | ||
| + | *''Les Meurtres par Procuration'', a book by Jean-Claude Asfour | ||
| + | *''Lady Killers''', a book by Joyce Robins | ||
| + | *''Minotaure'' #3, 1933, a magazine | ||
| + | *''Jungfrurna'', an opera by Peter Bengtson | ||
| + | *''La Ceremonie'', a film by Claude Chabrol | ||
| + | *''[[A Judgement in Stone]]'', a novel by [[Ruth Rendell]] | ||
| + | *''Les Blessures Assassines'' (English language version: ''Murderous Maids''), a film by Jean-Pierre Denis | ||
| + | *''En Quete des Soeurs Papin (In Search of the Papin Sisters)'', a documentary film by Claude Ventura | ||
| + | *''Gros Proces des l'Histoire'', a book by M. Mamouni | ||
| + | *''L'Affaire Papin'', a book by Genevieve Fortin | ||
| + | *''The Papin Sisters'', a book by Rachel Edwards and Keith Reader | ||
| + | *''The Maids'', an artwork by [[Paula Rego]] | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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Christine and Lea Papin brutally murdered their employer and her daughter in Le Mans, France, on February 2, 1933. This incident had a significant influence on French intellectuals Genet, Sartre and Lacan, who sought to understand it and it was thought of as symbolic of class struggle. The case has forced the basis of a number of films and plays.
Christine (born 8th March, 1905) and Lea (born 15th September, 1911), had not simply killed their employers Madame and Mademoiselle Lancelin, a mother and daughter, but they had gouged their eyes out while they were still alive. After this, they murdered the pair of them with a hammer and knife. Most of the blows were directed at the heads and faces of the victims, with the result that they were literally unrecognisable. Adding to the bizarre nature of the crime was the fact that the two maids made no attempt to escape and were found huddled in bed together, completely naked. The fact that they were naked in bed together seemed to indicate a sexual relationship between them, which would have been both lesbian and incestuous in nature. The two sisters had worked for their employers for seven years and had appeared quiet and demure, with Lea being particularly under the thrall of Christine. The two girls had spent all their free time with one another and were regular churchgoers.
The trial began in September 1933. The case intrigued the people of France and was watched intently by the public and press. Christine was sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life imprisonment. Before long, she was transferred to a mental asylum at Rennes, where she died in 1937.
Lea Papin was released from prison in 1941. She then lived in the town of Nantes, where she was joined by her mother. She was thought to have died in 1982, but this was questioned in 2000 by the French filmmaker, Claude Ventura. Ventura made a documentary film, In Search of the Papin Sisters.
More works inspired by or based on the case
- The Maids (Les Bonnes) (1947), a play by Jean Genet
- The Maids (1974), a film based on the play, directed by Christopher Miles
- Les Abysses (1962), a French film directed by Nico Papatakis
- Motives of Paranoiac Crime: The Crime of the Papin Sisters (1933), a French essay by Jacques Lacan
- La Cérémonie (1995)- a French film directed Claude Chabrol
- A Judgement in Stone - a English novel written by Ruth Rendell
- Murderous Maids - a French film directed Jean-Pierre Denis
- In Search of the Papin Sisters - a documentary film directed by Claude Ventura
Works relating to the case
- The Maids (Les Bonnes), a play by Jean Genet
- The Maids, a film based on the play, directed by Christopher Miles
- My Sister in This House, a play by Wendy Kesselman
- Sister My Sister, a film version of the play directed by Nancy Meckler
- Les Abysses, a film directed by Nikos Papatakis
- Les Soeurs Papin, a book by R. le Texier
- Blood Sisters, a stage play and screenplay by Neil Paton
- L'Affaire Papin, a book by Paulette Houdyer
- La Solution du Passage a l'Acte, a book by Frances Dupre
- Paris Was Yesterday, a book by Janet Flanner
- La Ligature, a short film by Gilles Cousin
- Les Meurtres par Procuration, a book by Jean-Claude Asfour
- Lady Killers', a book by Joyce Robins
- Minotaure #3, 1933, a magazine
- Jungfrurna, an opera by Peter Bengtson
- La Ceremonie, a film by Claude Chabrol
- A Judgement in Stone, a novel by Ruth Rendell
- Les Blessures Assassines (English language version: Murderous Maids), a film by Jean-Pierre Denis
- En Quete des Soeurs Papin (In Search of the Papin Sisters), a documentary film by Claude Ventura
- Gros Proces des l'Histoire, a book by M. Mamouni
- L'Affaire Papin, a book by Genevieve Fortin
- The Papin Sisters, a book by Rachel Edwards and Keith Reader
- The Maids, an artwork by Paula Rego
See also
- Female murderer
- Gender and crime
- Folie à deux
- Servant
- Parker-Hulme murder
- French intellectuals on the Papin sisters
