THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID
Fiction Shortlist 2027
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1h 33m
LE JOURNAL D'UNE FEMME DE CHAMBRE
France, Romania
2026 | 94 min. | Fiction
Gianina, a young Romanian, works as a housekeeper for a bourgeois family in Bordeaux.
In the evenings, she rehearses the role of a maid with an amateur theater troupe in an adaptation of The Diary of a Chambermaid by Octave Mirbeau.
She takes care of Louen, her employers’ son, while her own daughter is growing up far from her, in Romania. The maternal absence deepens into a wound but, as Christmas approaches, the promise of a reunion begins to take shape.
Directed by: Radu Jude
Written by: Radu Jude
Produced by: Saïd Ben Saïd, Vlad Radulescu, Carmen Rizac
Cinematography: Marius Panduru
Editing: Catalin Cristutiu
Production Design: Stéphanie Delpech
Costume Design: Charlotte Richard
Make-Up & Hair: Elsa Gendre
Sound: Damien Luquet, Julien Roig, Xavier Thieulin
Casting: Joël Garrigou
Cast: Ana Dumitrascu (Gianina), Vincent Macaigne (Pierre Donnadieu), Mélanie Thierry (Marguerite Donnadieu), Marie Rivière (Madame Anne), Arnaud Baudoin (Kalil), Louen Bouteiller (Louen)
Production:
SBS Productions
http://www.sbs-distribution.fr/
World Sales:
sbs international
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