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Diary of a Chambermaid (The Criterion Collection) DVD

Unrated :: Criterion :: Released: 2001-06-05

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Diary of a Chambermaid (The Criterion Collection) Summary This Wicked Adaptation Of The Octave Mirbeau Novel Is Classic Luis Buñuel. Jeanne Moreau Is Celestine, A Beautiful Parisian Domestic Who, Upon Arrival At Her New Job At An Estate In Provincial 1930s France, Entrenches Herself In Sexual Hypocrisy And Scandal With Her Philandering Employer (buñuel Regular Michel Piccoli). Filmed In Luxurious Black-and-white Franscope, diary Of A Chambermaid Is A Raw-edged Tangle Of Fetishism And Murder-and A Scathing Look At The Burgeoning French Fascism Of The Era.

Considered surrealist Luis Buñuel most linear film, Diary of a Chambermaid is an excellent introduction to this director's dark satirical world of social criticism. Loosely based on Mirbeau's Journal D'Une Femme de Chambre, Buñuel uses the beautiful French countryside as a backdrop to ruthlessly display his favorite subjects: Catholicism, the bourgeoisie, nationalism, and moral decay. Jeanne Moreau is Celestine, a chambermaid from Paris who takes a job at a picturesque country estate. When the body of the staff's daughter is discovered raped and murdered, Celesine does whatever is necessary to uncover the girl's killer. She quickly learns that her new employees, though apparent pillars of nouveau aristocracy, are as morally corrupt as the girl’s murderer. Though extremely linear for Buñuel, Diary of a Chambermaid does not lack for profound, symbolic imagery and cryptic revelations. --Rob Bracco

Diary of a Chambermaid [Criterion... DVD Techincal Details Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Françoise Lugagne, Jean Ozenne
Director: Luis Buñuel
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 101 mins
UPC: 037429158128
Binding: DVD
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 2001-06-05
Region Code: 1
Specs: Anamorphic, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono),