
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.Original Title: | Le Journal d'une femme de chambre |
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Status: | Released (1964-03-04) |
Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations total |
Screen: | Octave Mirbeau, Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière |
Productions: | Spéva Films, Ciné-Alliance, Filmsonor |
Production Countries: | France, Italy |
Spoken Languages: | Français |

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- 14812: Jeanne Moreau - Céléstine
- 19632: Georges Géret - Joseph
- 3784: Michel Piccoli - Monsieur Monteil
- 31819: Françoise Lugagne - Madame Monteil
- 37137: Jean Ozenne - Monsieur Rabour
- 34679: Daniel Ivernel - Captain Mauger
- 25976: Bernard Musson - Le sacristain
Crews
- 793: Luis Buñuel - Director - Directing
- 793: Luis Buñuel - Writer - Writing
- 9747: Jean-Claude Carrière - Writer - Writing
- 1063181: Roger Fellous - Director of Photography - Camera
- 132483: Octave Mirbeau - Novel - Writing
- 793: Luis Buñuel - Editor - Editing
- 32098: Jacqueline Moreau - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
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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 ....
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