Diary of a Chambermaid

Release Date: 1964-03-04

Overview: 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.

Rating: 7.1 / 10

Cast

Jeanne Moreau

as Céléstine

Georges Géret

as Joseph

Michel Piccoli

as Monsieur Monteil

Françoise Lugagne

as Madame Monteil

Jean Ozenne

as Monsieur Rabour

Crew

Luis Buñuel - Director
Luis Buñuel - Writer
Jean-Claude Carrière - Writer
Octave Mirbeau - Novel
Roger Fellous - Director of Photography

Reviews

talisencrw:

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--a...