Official Selection - Out of Competition · 47th Edition
The Diary of a Chambermaid
LE JOURNAL D'UNE FEMME DE CHAMBRE
Director
Radu Jude
Country
France, Romania
Runtime
1 h 34 min
Language
French, Romanian
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Gianina, a young Romanian woman, works as a live-in housekeeper for a bourgeois family in Bordeaux while her own daughter grows up back home. In her spare time, she rehearses the role of a maid in an amateur stage production of The Diary of a Chambermaid. As Christmas approaches, the ache of separation is softened by the hope of a long-awaited reunion.
Cast
Florentina Bratfanov
Screenplay
Radu Jude
Producers
Saïd Ben Saïd, Kevin Chneiweiss
About the Director
Born in Bucharest in 1977, he is a Romanian filmmaker whose work has been awarded at major international festivals. His films include Aferim! (2015), winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlinale; Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021), winner of the Golden Bear; and Kontinental ’25, which won the Silver Bear in 2025. His latest feature, The Diary of a Chambermaid (2026), premiered at Cannes.
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