Diary of a Chambermaid (2015)

Original title

Journal d'une femme de chambre

Directed by

Benoît Jacquot

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

12

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 171 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Célestine takes a job as a chambermaid for a wealthy French family in the early 1900s. She navigates the household's rigid social hierarchy and the unsettling dynamics among its members.

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What happens

Diary of a Chambermaid (French: Journal d'une femme de chambre) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot, co-written with Hélène Zimmer and based on Octave Mirbeau's 1900 novel of the same name. It stars Léa Seydoux as Célestine, a young and ambitious woman who works as a chambermaid for a wealthy couple in France during the early twentieth century. Mirbeau's original novel was adapted into films multiple times before, notably Jean Renoir's 1946 film and Luis Buñuel's 1964 film. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on 7 February 2015, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. It was theatrically released in France by Mars Distribution on 1 April. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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