The Diary of a Chambermaid is one of Bunuel's most perverse films, in the sense that it deals with decadent behaviors and assorted execrations. The story follows a chambermaid's sojourn at a godforsaken estate, which is inhabited by a foot fetishist, a pro-Nazi brute, and an impotent father. Once confronting these oddball monsters, she must fulfil their aberrant desires in the subtlest yet disturbing ways possible. Although not imbued with his usual surrealist alchemy, Bunuel's main focus for this film is presenting a linear narrative (a la, melodramatic) as well as developing the film's character structure. The film has that `Voyeuristic intention' about it, sometimes making its viewer feel a bit agog and at other times discomforting. All goes as Bunuel had planned for this film, particularly the glossed-over B&W picture; however, the film's final scene may be a bit hazy for those with a low attention span - sometimes mine.
Review of Diary of a Chambermaid
