History Film / DiaryOfAChambermaid1964

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Célestine seems to be attracted to Joseph when she understands that he killed Claire. Actually, [[spoiler:she charms him to make him confess his crime. Since it does not work, she creates the evidence that Joseph was on the place where Claire was murdered. Whether her attraction was totally faked is nevertheless unclear.]]

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Célestine creates the evidence that Joseph was on the place where Claire was murdered, because she knows that he is the murderer.

* FemmeFatale: Célestine, who uses her attractiveness to manipulate people (to be thought highly by Monsieur Rabour, to frame Joseph for Claire's murder, to get a comfortable life thanks to her marriage with Captain Mauger...).

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Célestine seems to be attracted to Joseph when she understands that he killed Claire. Actually, [[spoiler:she charms her to make him confess his crime. Since it does not work, she creates the evidence that Joseph was on the place where Claire was murdered. Whether her attraction was totally faked is nevertheless unclear.]]

In the mid-1930s, Célestine (Moreau) is hired as a chambermaid by a rich family. She arrives in their chateau in the country, where she meets Monsieur Rabour (Jean Ozenne), the elderly master of the house who is also a shoe fetishist; his frigid daughter, Madame Monteil (Françoise Lugagne), and her husband, Monsieur Monteil (Piccoli); and the rest of the household servants, including the nationalist and violent groom Joseph (Georges Géret).

''Diary of a Chambermaid'' (in French ''Le Journal d'une femme de chambre'', in Italian ''Il diario di una cameriera'') is a 1964 French-Italian film directed by Creator/LuisBunuel and starring Creator/JeanneMoreau and Creator/MichelPiccoli. It is based on a [[Literature/TheDiaryOfAChambermaid 1900 novel]] by Octave Mirbeau, previously adapted to the screen by Creator/JeanRenoir in [[Film/TheDiaryOfAChambermaid1946 1946]].

Célestine (Moreau) is hired as a chambermaid by a rich family. She arrives in their mansion in the country. She will meet Monsieur Rabour, the old master of the house, who is also a shoe fetishist, Madame Monteil, her frigid daughter, Monsieur Monteil (Piccoli), her husband, Joseph, the nationalist and violent groom, etc.

* NotSoDifferent: Joseph, the murderer, tells Célestine that her mind is just like his.

* YourCheatingHeart: Monsieur Monteil cheated on his wife with the previous chambermaids and he tries to charm Célestine. His wife is aware of this and she is not jealous. She is just worried about the money she has to give if the maid gets pregnant.

''Diary of a Chambermaid'' (in French ''Le Journal d'une femme de chambre'', in Italian ''Il diario di una cameriera'') is a 1964 French-Italian film directed by Creator/LuisBunuel and starring Creator/JeanneMoreau and Creator/MichelPiccoli. It is adapted from a [[Literature/TheDiaryOfAChambermaid 1900 book]] by Octave Mirbeau.

* YourCheatingHeart: Monsieur Monteil cheated on his wife with the previous chambermaids and he tries to charm Célestine. Her wife is aware of this and she is not jealous. She is just worried about the money she has to give if the maid gets pregnant.

* CrankyNeighbor: Captain Mauger throws stones and waste in the Monteil's garden.

''Diary of a Chambermaid'' (in French ''Le Journal d'une femme de chambre'', in Italian ''Il diario di una cameriera'') is a 1964 French-Italian film directed by Creator/LuisBunuel and starring Creator/JeanneMoreau and Creator/MichelPiccoli. It is adapted from a [[Litterature/TheDiaryOfAChambermaid 1900 book]] by Octave Mirbeau.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Célestine seems to be attracted by Joseph when she understands that he killed Claire. Actually, [[spoiler:she charms her to make him confess his crime. Since it does not work, she creates the evidence that Joseph was on the place where Claire was murdered]].

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Célestine create the evidence that Joseph was on the place where Claire was murdered, because she knows that he is the murderer.

* AllMenArePerverts: Monsieur Rabour is a shoe fetishist. Monsieur Monteil is a frustrated husband who tries to have sex with Célestine ([[spoiler:and, since it does not work, he rapes Marianne]]). Joseph rapes a girl and kills her. Captain Mauger has sex with her servant and proposes Célestine to sleep with him too.