The Diary of a Chambermaid

Overview

Gianina, a young Romanian, works as a housekeeper for a bourgeois family in Bordeaux. In the evenings, she rehearses the role of a maid with an amateur theater troupe in an adaptation of The Diary of a Chambermaid by Octave Mirbeau. She takes care of Louen, her employers’ son, while her own daughter is growing up far from her, in Romania. The maternal absence deepens into a wound but, as Christmas approaches, the promise of a reunion begins to take shape.

Directed by Radu Jude

Top cast

Ana Dumitrașcu

Gianina

Marie Rivière

Madame Anne

Louen Bouteiller

Louen

Arnaud Baudoin

Kalil

Mélanie Thierry

Marguerite Donnadieu

Vincent Macaigne

Pierre Donnadieu

Ilinca Manolache

Ilinca

S

Sofia Dragoman

Maria

L

Liliana Ghiță

Bunica

K

Kahina Mounier

Theatre Member

D

Doralice Aberrane

Theatre Member

L

Louve Proust

Louve

P

Prince Longo

Theatre Member

S

Samuel Ame

Theatre Member

François Briault

Jacques

O

Olivier Galinou

Pascal

J

Jürgen Genuit

Marcus

Amélie Prévot

Agathe

L

Lili Guillonneau

Marie

E

Emilie Vaudou

Alice

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