Diary of a Chambermaid

Luis Buñuel (director, screenwriter)
Octave Mirbeau (novel)
Jean-Claude Carriere (screenwriter)
Jeanne Moreau, Georges Geret, Daniel Ivernel, Muni (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1964 film, showing director Luis Buñuel in conversation with actors Jeanne Moreau and Jean Ozenne.

Based on Octave Mirbeau's 1900 novel, which follows a chambermaid in 1930s France whose Parisian beauty and sophistication at turns alienate and arouse the bourgeoisie members of the country house where she has recently found employment.

Shot on location in Seine-Maritime, Saint-Maurice, and Essonne, France.

7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.

Criterion Collection 117.


[Book #151653]