Themes & Keywords
pedophiliarapefrancebased on novel or booksocietysadismsexualityfrigidityfetishismmarriagesuspicionbourgeoisiefascistclergymanmurderantisemitismracismsoldierclass differencessexual repressiongardenerbigotrycatholicismmilitary veteranclergysexless marriagechambermaidunhappy marriageprovincial lifeneighbor feudfrench policehuman naturerural settingshoesparisian woman
About Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid is a drama, comedy film released in 1964 exploring themes of pedophilia, rape, france, based on novel or book, society, sadism. Directed by Luis Buñuel, it stars Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Michel Piccoli. 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.