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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 70% of the 813 1960s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
244 audience votes
Key crew
- Luis BuñuelDirector
- Luis BuñuelWriter
- Jean-Claude CarrièreWriter
- Antoine PetitjeanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeanne MoreauCéléstine
- Georges GéretJoseph
- Michel PiccoliMonsieur Monteil
- Françoise LugagneMadame Monteil
- Jean OzenneMonsieur Rabour
- Daniel IvernelCaptain Mauger
- Bernard MussonLe sacristain
- Gilberte GéniatRose
- Jean-Claude CarrièreLe curé
- MuniMarianne
- Claude JaegerLe Juge
- Madeleine DamienLa cuisinière des Monteil
Stills
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Themes
pedophiliarapefrancebased on novel or booksocietysadismsexualityfrigidityfetishismmarriagesuspicionbourgeoisie
The Best Movies of 1964
Diary of a Chambermaid is #27 of 60
