The Diary of a Chambermaid

Overview

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.

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Cast

Ana Dumitrașcu

Gianina

Marie Rivière

Madame Anne

Louen Bouteiller

Louen

Arnaud Baudoin

Kalil

Mélanie Thierry

Marguerite Donnadieu

Vincent Macaigne

Pierre Donnadieu

Ilinca Manolache

Ilinca

Sofia Dragoman

Maria

Liliana Ghiță

Bunica

Kahina Mounier

Theatre Member