| Description |
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 117.
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Classic collection.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
French language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Jeanne Moreau, Georges Geret, Daniel Ivernel, Françoise Lugagne, Muni, Jean Ozenne, Michel Piccoli. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Roger Fellous ; editing, Louisette Hautecoeur ; production design, Georges Wakhevitch. |
| Note |
Based on the novel Le journal d'une femme de chambre by Octave Mirbeau. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. |
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Special features: Video interview with screenwriter and longtime Brũnel collaborator Jean-Claude Carrière ; transcript of a late-1970's interview with director Luis Bruñel ; original theatrical trailer, narrated by Jeanne Moreau. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Summary |
A chambermaid with Paris flair gets a job at a country estate. The family she works for and the other staff members are a strange sort and she must learn the ways of country living and neighbor revialry. After a child is murdered near the estate, she begins to have her suspicions as to whom may be responsible. |
| Audience |
Not rated by MPAA. |
| Subject |
Women household employees -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Country life -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Adultery -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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France -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Feature films France.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983.
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Silberman, Serge.
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Safra, Michel.
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Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-
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Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-
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Géret, Georges, 1924-1996.
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Ivernel, Daniel.
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Lugagne, Françoise.
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Muni, 1929-1999.
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Ozenne, Jean, 1898-1969.
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Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020
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Mirbeau, Octave, 1848-1917.
Journal d'une femme de chambre.
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Janus Films.
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Speva films s.a.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Diary of a chambermaid |
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Journal d'une femme de chambre |
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Journal d'une femme de chambre (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
0780024206 |
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9780780024205 |
| Standard No. |
037429158128 |
| Music No. |
DIA070 Criterion Collection |
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