Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid

96 mins | Drama | April 1, 2015

France, around 1900. Coming from the vibrancy of Paris, pert Célestine is procured as a chambermaid in Normandy. In the Lanlaire's villa she encounters the lecherous man of the house and his asexual, tyrannical and jealous wife. Célestine is determined to avoid the fate suffered by the cook Marianne who has already secretly killed one child born out of wedlock and now despairingly realises she is pregnant again. The lively maid is intrigued by what the mysterious manservant Joseph is up to: he distributes anti-Semitic leaflets and suggests that she could work for him as a prostitute in Cherbourg…

Diary of a Chambermaid

96 mins | Drama | April 1, 2015

Diary of a Chambermaid
France, around 1900. Coming from the vibrancy of Paris, pert Célestine is procured as a chambermaid in Normandy. In the Lanlaire's villa she encounters the lecherous man of the house and his asexual, tyrannical and jealous wife. Célestine is determined to avoid the fate suffered by the cook Marianne who has already secretly killed one child born out of wedlock and now despairingly realises she is pregnant again. The lively maid is intrigued by what the mysterious manservant Joseph is up to: he distributes anti-Semitic leaflets and suggests that she could work for him as a prostitute in Cherbourg…
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Les Films du Lendemain
Original title Journal d'une femme de chambre
Directors Benoît Jacquot
Writers Hélène Zimmer, Benoît Jacquot, Octave Mirbeau

Cast

Léa Seydoux

as Célestine

Vincent Lindon

as Joseph

Clotilde Mollet

as Madame Lanlaire

Hervé Pierre

as Monsieur Lanlaire

Mélodie Valemberg

as Marianne

Vincent Lacoste

as Monsieur Georges

Joséphine Derenne

as Madame Mendelssohn