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Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid

Le Journal d'une femme de chambre

7.094

1964

97 min

Drama

Comedy

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.

Diary of a Chambermaid

Le Journal d'une femme de chambre

7.094

1964

97 min

Drama

Comedy

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.

Cast

Jeanne Moreau

Céléstine

Georges Géret

Joseph

Michel Piccoli

Monsieur Monteil

Françoise Lugagne

Madame Monteil

Jean Ozenne

Monsieur Rabour

Daniel Ivernel

Captain Mauger

Bernard Musson

Le sacristain

Gilberte Géniat

Rose

Jean-Claude Carrière

Le curé

Muni

Marianne

Claude Jaeger

Le Juge

Madeleine Damien

La cuisinière des Monteil

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

4 years ago

Solid. One of my favourites, both in terms of Bunuel (my 4th favourite director ever) and of Moreau. Sheer, unadulterated genius. There was never anyone quite like him and there never will be again--and that's a dirty rotten shame. Paraphrasing David Thomson, he once said that every film frame from both Renoir or Bunuel was perfectly shot. And thankfully he was accurate.