The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 1,565 VOTES · DIR. Jean Renoir
Overview
Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, former officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive and does not share his mother's antirepublican opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity?
Dialogue Timeline — 1,009 lines
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00:02:30 Excuse me.
00:06:29 You don't know it, but you've changed my whole life.
00:09:29 - They let you wear a beard? - That's about all.
00:14:35 Hello! I'm sorry about yesterday, I should have known you're the master.
00:17:25 Very interesting, but here comes Mr. Lanlaire with a shotgun.
00:20:59 Well, that settles that!
00:23:11 No, I was in Paris Nobody wrote a book about me.
00:25:57 - And now? - I'm going to get what I can.
00:29:05 heaven knows, will make it a little more gay.
00:32:06 - Is she your mother? - She is.
00:35:08 - Pleased to know you. - Say something.
00:37:31 Now, tell me what it means, your poem.
00:41:12 Please, go away. I can't bear people when I feel like this.
00:44:05 I' know he's unhappy and ill.
00:46:42 Please, get out!
00:49:42 Aside from everything else it's insulting.
00:51:53 - Joseph. - We are alone now.
00:55:10 Why not take Captain Mojuet?
00:59:01 - Well, let's go? - Can you get a drink there?
01:03:47 Captain! You've got to come and let me out!
01:07:42 Joseph.
01:10:28 - Take me away now. - I congratulate you.
01:13:30 - Why do you come here? - I must.
01:19:29 - I'll kill the next person... - What do you mean?