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Diary of a Chambermaid

CrimeDramaNot Rated

Duration

1h 37m

Release

4 Mar 1964

Country

France

Language

French

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.

Plot

A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants.

Cast

Jeanne MoreauGeorges GéretMichel Piccoli

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Details

Director

Luis Buñuel

Writers

Octave MirbeauLuis BuñuelJean-Claude Carrière

Revenue

$17,754

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations total
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