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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.
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Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Jeanne MoreauCéléstine
Georges GéretJoseph
Michel PiccoliMonsieur Monteil
Françoise LugagneMadame Monteil
Jean OzenneMonsieur Rabour
Daniel IvernelCaptain Mauger
Bernard MussonLe sacristain
Gilberte GéniatRoseCredits
- Directed by
- Luis Buñuel
- Written by
- Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Octave Mirbeau
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Le Journal d'une femme de chambre
- Box office
- $17.8K
Production
- Spéva FilmsFrance
- Ciné-AllianceFrance
- FilmsonorFrance
- Dear FilmItaly
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