LE JOURNAL D'UNE FEMME DE CHAMBRE (1964)

Cast

Plot

An extremely dark and erotic story of a young woman, the new maid of the house hold, who arrives to become entwined with the strange family and even odder gardener. The death of a young girl nearby adds intrigue. Bunuel digs right down to that spiritual gunge which links political, sexual and social positions as equal perversions of human desires. Like most Buñuel heroines, Célestine is intuitively a feminist, but before her time, and blows it by her egoism and ambivalence before male ruthlessness. Moreau's baleful charisma complements Buñuel's sardonic sadness. Consummate direction and acting. Pure genius!