Diary of a Chambermaid Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Sep. 27, 2016

Diary of a Chambermaid

Release Date: Friday, June 10, 2016 Limited

Director: Benoit Jacquot

Starring: Léa Seydoux • Vincent Lindon

N/A Drama 1 hr, 35 m

3 / 5.0

59% WILL SEE 41% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Léa Sedoux follows in the footsteps of Paulette Goddard and Jeanne Moreau as Célestine, a resentful young Parisian chambermaid who finds herself exiled to a position in the provinces where she immediately chafes against the noxious iron rules and pettiness of her high-handed bourgeois mistress (Clotilde Mollet), must rebuff the groping advances of Monsieur (Hervé Pierre), and reckon with her fascination with the earthy, brooding gardener Joseph (Vincent Lindon). Backtracking past the fetishism of Buñuel’s version to Octave Mirbeau’s original 1900 novel, Benoît Jacquot has one eye on contemporary France: the sense of social stiflement, Célestine’s humiliating submission to Madame’s onerous terms of employment, Joseph’s virulent anti-Semitism. But the turn-of-the-century setting saw the rise of Freud ideas about the human unconscious and so Jacquot takes care to look past the characters’ outward behavior and appearance to the repression and compulsions that lie behind.

Drama

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Who stars in Diary of a Chambermaid – Cast List

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Léa Seydoux
Spectre, Midnight in Paris
V
Vincent Lindon
Couture, Both Sides of the Blade

Who is making Diary of a Chambermaid – Crew List

A look at Diary of a Chambermaid behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Benoit Jacquot last helmed Suzanna Andler and Farewell, My Queen.

Director: Benoit Jacquot
Screenwriters: —

Studio: Cohen Media Group
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the Diary of a Chambermaid

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

May 2016

Completed

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: 1 hr, 35 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Diary of a Chambermaid Release Date: When was the film released?

Diary of a Chambermaid was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, June 10 , 2016. There were 10 10 other movies released on the same date, including Now You See Me 2, WarCraft and The Conjuring 2. As a limited release, Diary of a Chambermaid was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.