| 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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