prefer british accent. thank you!
The women on the 6th Floor is a French film, set in Paris in 1962. The women in question are Spanish maids, working for middle-class French families, when Frenco is still in power in Spain and de Gaulle still rules France. The traditional values of both cultures remain strong, even among the Spanish refugees coming to France. The maids are devoutly Catholic, rather more so than the French people they serve. They are less educated, more earthy, more "communal". They are Spanish people as the French generally perceive them.
Maria arrives on a bus to find a job. She will stay with her aunt, the mother figure of the group. Maria is in her late 20s, younger then most of other maids. She is pretty and shy, but they make her welcome.
Theire toilets are blocked and there is no hot water in this part of the building, but they make do.
@Peter: thank you ;)