Diary of a Chambermaid Movie Review 1964

Vintage Bunuelian social satire about a young girl taking a servant's job in a provincial French family, and easing into an atmosphere of sexual hypocrisy and decadence. In French with English subtitles. Remake of the 1946 Jean Renoir film.

Distribution

Xenon Entertainment, 1440 9th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401, Phone: (310)451-5510, Toll-free: 800-829-1913, Fax: (310)395-4058, URL: http://www.xenonpictures.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 97 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, The Help: Female, Sex & Sexuality

Screenplay

Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere

Cast

Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georges Geret, Francoise Lugagne, Daniel Ivernel

Cinematography

Roger Fellous

Director

Luis Bunuel

Producer

Michael Safra, Serge Silberman