Sadly, the intervening decades seem to have weakened Mr. Bunuel's powers. His new adaptation of Octave Mirbeau's Diary of a Chambermaid suffers in comparison with the strange but memorable version Jean Renoir did with Paulette Goddard in 1946.
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964 · 1h 37m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Luis Buñuel
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Diary of a Chambermaid
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.
Director and cast
- Luis Buñuel Director
- Jeanne Moreau as Céléstine
- Georges Géret as Joseph
- Michel Piccoli as Monsieur Monteil
- Françoise Lugagne as Madame Monteil
- Jean Ozenne as Monsieur Rabour
- Daniel Ivernel as Captain Mauger
- Bernard Musson as Le sacristain
- Gilberte Géniat as Rose
- Jean-Claude Carrière as Le curé
- Muni as Marianne
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