THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID / Le Journal D’Une Femme De Chambre
Dir.: Luis Buñuel | Σεν: Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière | Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georges Géret
Charming Célestine is hired as a chambermaid by a middle-class family in the dark, provincial Normandy of 1930. She quickly discovers the perversions and secrets of both the masters and the servants. When a girl is raped and murdered, she suspects the far-right groom and decides to take action.
Based on the novel by Octave Mirbeau (adapted into film four times, most recently in 2015 starring Léa Seydoux), this social allegorical drama exposes the hypocrisy and corruption of the bourgeoisie, the rise of fascism within the lower classes throughout Europe, and the oppression of women in French society. Buñuel spares no one! Piccoli is outstanding as the dark master of the house.
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