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Movie Info

A chambermaid (Léa Seydoux) from Paris relocates to a remote household in Provence in the late 19th century, engages in trysts and finds herself enraptured with a coach driver (Vincent Lindon).

Genre:

drama, history
Original Language:

French (France)
Director:

Benoît Jacquot
Producer:

Jean-Pierre Guérin
Writer:

Benoît Jacquot, Helene Zimmer, Benoît Jacquot
Release Date (Theaters):

Jun 10, 2016 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$54.2K
Runtime:

1h 36m
Production Co:

Les Films du Lendemain, Les Films du Fleuve, JPG Films

Cast & Crew

Léa Seydoux
Célestine

Vincent Lindon
Joseph

Clotilde Mollet
Madame Lanlaire

Hervé Pierre
Monsieur Lanlaire

Patrick D'Assumçao
Le Capitaine

Vincent Lacoste
Georges

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Critic Reviews for Diary of a Chambermaid

All Critics (35) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (12)

Jacquot makes a persuasive case for a return to the story, with a scowling, watchful Lea Seydoux in the role of a scheming chambermaid.

June 15, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
Worth seeing as another entry in the rise of La Seydoux, a star of Gallic charisma if ever I've seen one.

June 15, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Rex Reed
Observer
The immediate effect Jacquot achieves, with quiet droll and some considerable dread, is bracing.

June 10, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Glenn Kenny
RogerEbert.com
Unfolding elliptically, the new film can feel abrupt and unsatisfying, but it's filled with sharp commentary on class and servitude, and [Seydoux] delivers another extraordinary performance.

June 9, 2016 | Full Review…

Sheri Linden
Los Angeles Times
Rather than gain speed and power in its final act, as Joseph's design comes into play, the movie stalls.

June 9, 2016 | Full Review…

Mark Jenkins
NPR
Has serious narrative glitches and a shaky timeline, but at least it is true to the bitterly misanthropic spirit of Octave Mirbeau's 1900 novel about masters and servants.

June 9, 2016 | Full Review…

Stephen Holden
New York Times
...it all unfolds against a lush and stunning backdrop.

January 6, 2021 | Full Review…

David Bax
Battleship Pretension
No actress is more primed to seethe fire than Seydoux, but she's largely double-crossed by Jacquot's jittery self-indulgence.

April 5, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Daniel Barnes
Dare Daniel
It would be easy to turn Clestine into a heroine whom everyone could admire and easily identify with. [Director Benot] Jacquot is after something more complicated

February 14, 2018 | Full Review…

Steve Erickson
Gay City News
It's one of the bitterest dramas of Seydoux's less-than-saccharine career.

January 1, 2017 | Full Review…

Kelly Vance
East Bay Express
Diary of a Chambermaid would make a decent first act to a television miniseries. As a film, it ends in an unfortunate whimper.

June 29, 2016 | Rating: 4/10 | Full Review…

Jason Wilson
Under the Radar
A bracingly nasty piece of work, contrasting brutishness at the bottom and condescension from the top.

June 24, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Richard von Busack
MetroActive