Diary of a Chambermaid

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

Jeanne Moreau

as Céléstine

Georges Géret

Georges Géret

as Joseph

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

as Monsieur Monteil

Françoise Lugagne

Françoise Lugagne

as Madame Monteil

Jean Ozenne

Jean Ozenne

as Monsieur Rabour

Daniel Ivernel

Daniel Ivernel

as Captain Mauger

Bernard Musson

Bernard Musson

as Le sacristain

Gilberte Géniat

Gilberte Géniat

as Rose

Jean-Claude Carrière

Jean-Claude Carrière

as Le curé

Muni

Muni

as Marianne

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--and that's a dirty rotten shame. Paraphrasing David Thomson, he once said that every film frame from ...

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