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The Housewife, premiering at TIFF, tells the true story of Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan, a Nazi death camp guard who lived undetected in Queens for years; Naomi Watts stars as Ryan as the film depicts her brutality at Ravensbrück and Majdanek, her deportation in 1973, and the disturbing notion that evil can hide behind a friendly neighbor, even as some critics question pacing and factual tweaks.
At TIFF, Ben Shirinian's The Housewife unfolds a tense, psychologically driven portrait of Hermine Braunsteiner, a Queens housewife who concealed her Nazi past as a camp guard. NY Times journalist Joseph Lelyveld (Tye Sheridan) and immigration officer Anthony DeVito (Michael Imperioli) uncover the truth, provoking deportation hearings and a moral showdown. Naomi Watts delivers a chilling, dual performance as Hermine; Lena Olin is riveting as eyewitness Rachel Berger, and the film's restrained approach—avoiding camp-flashbacks—magnifies the private horror of a public secret, a timely reminder amid renewed antisemitism.