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Diary of a Chambermaid

Le Journal d'une femme de chambre

  • Status: Released
  • 04-03-1964
  • Runtime: 97 min
  • Score: 7.108
  • Vote count: 203

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.

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

Geymond Vital

Le brigadier sur le quai de la gare

Jean Franval

Le facteur

Marcel Rouzé

Le chef de gare

Jeanne Pérez

La commère

Andrée Tainsy

La paysanne

Pierre Collet

Le voyageur

Aline Bertrand

La voyageuse

Marc Eyraud

Le secrétaire du commissaire

Gabriel Gobin

Le brigadier qui vient arrêter Joseph

Dominique Zardi

Le policier

Françoise Bertin

(uncredited)

Joëlle Bernard

(uncredited)

Michel Dacquin

(uncredited)

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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.