1964 · drama · satire
Diary of a Chambermaid
Directed by Luis Buñuel1h 37m1964
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.
Our read: Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · satire entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / satire, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- bleak
- cold
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