24 January 2015

Journal d'une femme de chambre



Benoît Jacquot : 2015
Diary of a Chambermaid

In the early twentieth century, in a village in Lower Normandy. Célestine, a young chambermaid who is much courted for her beauty, has just arrived from Paris to work for the Lanlaire family. Fending off her master's advances, Célestine also has to cope with the strict Madame Lanlaire who rules the household with an iron fist. There, she meets Joseph, the mysterious gardener at the property, with whom she becomes deeply infatuated. Benoît Jacquot's feature premiered in competition at Berlin International Film Festival 2015.

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