Diary of a Chambermaid

Friday, February 28 - Sunday, March 1, 2020

Celestine (Jeanne Moreau) takes a job as a chambermaid in the country only to discover that the family she’s been hired to serve has a strange mélange of sexual and political predelictions.

Screening as part of our Winter 2020 series, “Weekend Classics: Luis Buñuel.”


  • Country France/Italy
  • Language In French with English subtitles.
  • Year 1964
  • Running Time 101 minutes
  • Distributor Rialto
  • Director Luis Buñuel
  • Writer Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carriere, Octave Mirbeau (based on the novel by)
  • Cinematographer Roger Fellous
  • Cast Jeanne Moreau, Georges Geret, Michael Piccoli
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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