Diary of a Chambermaid
A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Released
- 1964
- Country
- France, Italy
Details
Release year: 1964
Storyline
A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants.
Top credits
Jeanne Moreau â CĂŠlestine
Georges GĂŠret â Joseph
Michel Piccoli â M. Monteil
Daniel Ivernel â M. Mauger - le capitaine
Did you know
⢠This is Luis Buùuel's only film in the anamorphic widescreen format.
⢠The protest at the end of the film, is based on a real protest which took place in 1934. The Far-right leagues (Ligues d'extrĂŞme droite) were protesting about the removal of Jean Chiappe from his position as Prefect of Police by Ădouard Daladier, president of the Conseil (Council), France's governing body.
⢠The demonstrating fascists shout "Vive Chiappe," a homage to the chief of the Parisian police who prohibited showing director Luis Buùuel's earlier film L'Age d'Or (1930) after fascists destroyed the cinema where it was being shown.
User reviews
A real heroine - or not.
Uneven
Fight of Classes, Hypocrisy, Fascism, Clerical and Murder
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
