Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
Cast
Jeanne Moreau
Céléstine
Georges Géret
Joseph
Michel Piccoli
Monsieur Monteil
Françoise Lugagne
Madame Monteil
Jean Ozenne
Monsieur Rabour
Daniel Ivernel
Captain Mauger
Bernard Musson
Le sacristain
Gilberte Géniat
Rose
Jean-Claude Carrière
Le curé
Muni
Marianne
Claude Jaeger
Le Juge
Madeleine Damien
La cuisinière des Monteil
Geymond Vital
Le brigadier sur le quai de la gare
Jean Franval
Le facteur
Marcel Rouzé
Le chef de gare
Jeanne Pérez
La commère
Andrée Tainsy
La paysanne
Pierre Collet
Le voyageur
Aline Bertrand
La voyageuse
Marc Eyraud
Le secrétaire du commissaire
Gabriel Gobin
Le brigadier qui vient arrêter Joseph
Dominique Zardi
Le policier
Françoise Bertin
(uncredited)
Joëlle Bernard
(uncredited)
Michel Dacquin
(uncredited)
Crew
Luis Buñuel
Director, Writer, Editor
Jean-Claude Carrière
Writer
Octave Mirbeau
Novel
Louisette Hautecœur
Editor
Roger Fellous
Director of Photography
Pierre Lary
Assistant Director
Juan Luis Buñuel
Assistant Director
Serge Silberman
Producer
Michel Safra
Producer
Georges Wakhévitch
Production Design
Adolphe Charlet
Camera Operator
Jacqueline Moreau
Wardrobe Supervisor, Costume Design
Simone Knapp
Hairstylist
Maguy Vernadet
Makeup Artist
Antoine Petitjean
Sound
Charles Merangel
Set Dresser
Jean-Louis Castelli
Still Photographer
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor
Henri Baum
Production Manager
Ulrich Picard
Production Manager
André Retbi
Unit Manager
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