The Diary of a Chambermaid

Journal d’une femme de chambre

2026·94'

Radu Jude

Drama

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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.

Cast

Ana Dumitrașcu Gianina

Mélanie Thierry Marguerite Donnadieu

Vincent Macaigne Pierre Donnadieu

Marie Rivière Madame Anne

Louen Bouteiller Louen

Arnaud Baudoin Kalil

Ilinca Manolache Ilinca

Sofia Dragoman Maria

Liliana Ghiță Bunica

Kahina Mounier Theatre Member

Doralice Aberrane Theatre Member

Louve Proust Louve