72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre

Luis Buñuel
France - Italy
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With Diary of a Chambermaid I wanted to look at the provincial French bourgeoisie’s mentality and morality in the 30’s. It’s bourgeoisie morale I find immoral, that’s what we’ve got to fight against. Morale based on our terribly unjust social institutions, like religion, fatherland, the family, culture, in short, the so-called “mainstays of society”. With respect to Diary of a Chambermaid, I think it contains a lot of the subjects that come most naturally to me and which reflect my truest interests.

Luis Buñuel, quoted in Luis Buñuel, Obra cinematográfica, by Agustín Sánchez Vidal.

Director
Luis Buñuel
Screenplay
Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
Plot
Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre (Octave Mirbeau)
Photography
Roger Fellous
Edition
Louisette Taverna Hautecoeur
Cast
Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georger Géret, Françoise Lugagne
Running Time
98 m.
Country
France - Italy
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