This is the story of Céleste, a young, maid employed by Victoire and André in 1908. It is the story of Victoire, the model wife she doesn't know how to be. Two women who are completely different but who live under the same roof, defying conventions and the unspoken.
Acting
Bellugi and Chevillotte's restrained, devastating chemistry.
Direction
Bonnell's claustrophobic framing traps you in the house.
Costume
Costumes that suffocate as much as they adorn.
Director
Jérôme Bonnell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bonnell continues his obsession with bourgeois interiors as emotional prisons, following his earlier films like 'The Queen of Hearts'.
The title refers to both social class and the 'condition féminine' — the double imprisonment of being woman and servant.
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