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Diary of a Chambermaid 1964 3 and a half stars

    N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georges Geret, Francoise Lugagne, Daniel Ivernel, Jean Ozenne, Jean-Claude Carriere, Bernard Musson

  In this remake of Jean Renoir's 1946 film, Jeanne Moreau plays the maid who struggles to come to terms with both her household and her country. Well acted and directed.

Landru 1963 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Bluebeard

Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Charles Denner, Michele Morgan, Danielle Darrieux, Hildegarde Neff, Juliette Mayniel, Stephane Audran, Catherine Rouvel, Denise Provence, Francoise Lugagne, Mary Marquet

  Henri-Desire Landru (Charles Denner) was a mass murderer during World War I who preyed upon women with fortunes. After wooing and swindling them, he killed, dismembered, and burned them in his incinerator. This is Claude Chabrol's unique telling of the story.

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1. Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
2. Landru (1963)
aka: Bluebeard

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