DiaryofaChambermaid(French:Lejournald'unefemmedechambre,Italian:Ildiariodiunacameriera)isa1964film.[1]ItisoneofseveralFrenchfilmsmadebySpanish-bornfilmmakerLuisBuñuelbutlacksthesurrealistimageryandplottwistsofhisotherfilms.ItstarsJeanneMoreauasachambermaidwhousesherfemininecharmstocontrolandadvancehersituation,inasocialsettingofcorruption,violence,sexualobsessionandperversion.ThiswasthefirstscreenwritingcollaborationbetweenBuñuelandJean-ClaudeCarrière,whichwouldlaterproducehiswellknownBelledeJour(1967),TheDiscreetCharmoftheBourgeoisie(1972)andThatObscureobjectofDesire(1977).Thetwoextensivelyreworkedthe1900novelofthesamenamebyOctaveMirbeau,thathadbeengivenamoreliteraltreatmentinitsfirstfilmadaptation,madeinHollywoodin1946,directedbyJeanRenoir.