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Journal d'une femme de chambre

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 36m
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Léa Seydoux in Journal d'une femme de chambre (2015)
A scheming servant works for a wealthy couple in France during the late 19th century.
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A scheming servant works for a wealthy couple in France during the late 19th century.A scheming servant works for a wealthy couple in France during the late 19th century.A scheming servant works for a wealthy couple in France during the late 19th century.
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2.9K
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    • Benoît Jacquot
    • Hélène Zimmer(scenario)
    • Benoît Jacquot(scenario)
    • Octave Mirbeau(novel)
  • Stars
    • Léa Seydoux
    • Vincent Lindon
    • Clotilde Mollet
    • Benoît Jacquot
    • Hélène Zimmer(scenario)
    • Benoît Jacquot(scenario)
    • Octave Mirbeau(novel)
  • Stars
    • Léa Seydoux
    • Vincent Lindon
    • Clotilde Mollet
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 11User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
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    Léa Seydoux in Journal d'une femme de chambre (2015)
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    Léa Seydoux
    Léa Seydoux
    • Célestine
    Vincent Lindon
    Vincent Lindon
    • Joseph
    Clotilde Mollet
    • Madame Lanlaire
    Hervé Pierre
    Hervé Pierre
    • Monsieur Lanlaire
    Mélodie Valemberg
    • Marianne
    Patrick d'Assumçao
    Patrick d'Assumçao
    • Le capitaine
    Vincent Lacoste
    Vincent Lacoste
    • Georges
    Joséphine Derenne
    • La grand-mère de Georges
    Dominique Reymond
    • La placeuse
    Rosette
    Rosette
    • Rose
    Adriana Asti
    Adriana Asti
    • Elvira Parsi, la maquerelle
    Aurélia Petit
    • La maîtresse (train)
    Jean-Louis Croquet
    • Le maître (train)
    Alain Eloy
    Alain Eloy
    • Le douanier
    Yvette Petit
    • Madame Gouin, la mercière
    Maud Wyler
    Maud Wyler
    • La jeune bourgeoise
    Anne Raphaël
    • Femme 1
    Anne Lichtle
    • Femme 2
    • (as Anne Guillard-Lichtle)
      • Benoît Jacquot
      • Hélène Zimmer(scenario)
      • Benoît Jacquot(scenario)
      • Octave Mirbeau(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Marion Cotillard was director Benoît Jacquot's original choice to play Celestine. Had she starred in the film, it would have been the second time that she would have played a character that was played by Jeanne Moreau. Cotillard played the younger version of Moreau's character in Lisa (2001) and Moreau played Celestine in Diary of a Chambermaid (1964).
    • Connections
      Referenced in Captain Sharif: La dernière séance (2017)

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    7/10
    So different from Moreau version
    Lea Seydoux plays the chambermaid in this new version. The plot is different. In the Moreau film from the same book; she turns Joseph in for the murder and rape. Here Seydoux plans a robbery and getaway with Joseph. Moreau tries to catch Joseph, but he ends up owning a cafe in Cherbourg that he had planned with her. He's with a different woman smiling. Moreau marries the neighbor captain and is ordering him around. Seydoux states she has no power over her feelings for Joseph, and that she would do anything he wanted. This latest version has an antiquated take on the character. The father character is missing. The character of Claire is absent. We know of her murder when a round table of women discuss it. Moreau film shows Joseph going into the woods after Claire. Moreau knows and is fond of Claire. How can this screenplay cut Claire out? And the father? The husband is actively impregnating the cook, but he is not a murdering rapist. The flashback of Seydoux having sex with a young man dying of a pulmonary embolism at the moment of climax with her mouth filling with blood is a shocker. Another flashback shows her mistress's dildo in a locked red velvet jewel case that she unlocks and opens for authorities. These are two entirely different screenplays from the same book. Jeanne Moreau does no housework and presents a dignified well intentioned version of Celestine. Lea Seydoux works very hard doing everything, but her passion for Joseph controls her. Moreau is more cerebral. They are such entirely different films I think they stand apart and strong on their own different merits.
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    • Release date
      • April 1, 2015 (Belgium)
      • France
      • Belgium
      • Mars Distribution (France)
      • French
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France
    • Production companies
      • Les Films du Lendemain
      • JPG Productions
      • Les Films du Fleuve
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
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