Maid in Manhattan / Last Holiday

Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series Directed by Wayne Wang. Register at cinema.ucla.edu to attend this in-theater screening.

Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes) meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them.

(2002, dir. Wayne Wang, DCP, color, English, French, and Spanish with English subtitles, 105 min.)

Georgia Byrd’s (Latifah) terminal illness diagnosis leads her to sell all her possessions to live out her remaining days at a posh hotel. Teaming again with Giancarlo Esposito to show off their honed comedic chops, Wang’s Last Holiday makes for the perfect hotel-set double bill with Maid in Manhattan, doubling down by working with rapper-turned-actress Queen Latifah in a role that suits her comedic timing and grounded confidence.

(2006, dir. Wayne Wang, 35mm, color, English and French with English subtitles, 112 min.)