Uniform Title |
Diary of a chambermaid (Motion picture : 1964) |
Title |
Diary of a chambermaid = Le journal d'une femme de chambre. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2018. |
©1964. |
Description |
1 DVD-video (94 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID3838. |
Originally produced in France and released as a motion picture in 1964. |
Based on the novel Le journal d'une femme de chambre by Octave Mirbeau. |
Credits |
Directed and written by Luis Bunuel. |
Performers |
Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georges Géret.. |
Summary |
A chambermaid with Paris flair gets a job at a country estate. The family she works for and the other staff members are a strange sort and she must learn the ways of country living and neighbohur rivalry. After a child is murdered near the estate, she begins to have her suspicions as to whom may be responsible. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
System details |
DVD video, Dolby digital mono, PAL, Region 4, widescreen 16:9, 2.35:1. |
Language note |
French dialogue, with optional English subtitles. |
Subjects |
Mirbeau, Octave, -- 1848-1917 -- Film adaptations |
Children -- Violence against -- France -- Normandy -- Drama |
Women household employees -- France -- Normandy -- Drama |
Aristocracy (Social class) -- France -- Normandy -- Drama |
Country life -- France -- Drama |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
Adultery -- Drama |
Feature films -- France |
Motion pictures, French |
Foreign language films |
France -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama |
Genre |
Crime films |
Surrealist films |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Other Names |
Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983 director, screenwriter. |
Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017 actor. |
Piccoli, Michel, 1925- actor. |
Géret, Georges, 1924-1996 actor. |
Mirbeau, Octave, 1848-1917. Journal d'une femme de chambre Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
Series |
World classics |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Narrower Subject References:
Authors:
- Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983 .
- Géret, Georges, 1924-1996 .
- Mirbeau, Octave, 1848-1917. Journal d'une femme de chambre .
- Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017 .
- Piccoli, Michel, 1925- .
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