The Diary of a Chambermaid

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.

• Director: Radu Jude
• Cast: Ana Dumitrașcu, Marie Rivière, Louen Bouteiller, Arnaud Baudoin, Mélanie Thierry, Vincent Macaigne, Ilinca Manolache, Sofia Dragoman