{"id":5734,"date":"2026-10-16T16:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/55e-fnc-le-journal-dune-femme-de-chambre-radu-jude-cultive-lart-du-malaise\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:22:25","slug":"55e-fnc-le-journal-dune-femme-de-chambre-radu-jude-cultive-lart-du-malaise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/55e-fnc-le-journal-dune-femme-de-chambre-radu-jude-cultive-lart-du-malaise\/","title":{"rendered":"55th FNC. The Diary of a Maid: Radu Jude cultivates the art of discomfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90937\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Le-Journal-dune-femme-de-chambre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Le-Journal-dune-femme-de-chambre.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Le-Journal-dune-femme-de-chambre-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter who has won awards at various festivals. He received the Silver Bear for Best Director for \u201cAferim\u201d at the 2015 Berlinale. He was the winner of the Crystal Globe at the 2018 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for \u201cI Don\u2019t Care if History Sees Us as Barbarians.\u201d In 2021, he received the Golden Bear in Berlin for \u201cBad Luck Banging or Loony Porn\u201d. In 2023, his film \u201cDon\u2019t expect too much from the end of the world\u201d received the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival. More recently, he received the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay for \u201cKontinental\u201d at the 2025 Berlinale.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, he has just directed \u201cThe Diary of a Chambermaid\u201d which was selected in the parallel section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Screened out of competition at the Busan International Film Festival in Korea, the feature film is on the program for the 55th edition of the Montreal New Cinema Festival in the Essentials section.<\/p>\n<h2>Free proofreading<\/h2>\n<p>Although the film is loosely inspired by the eponymous novel by Octave Mirbeau (published in 1900), Radu Jude chose to make his own adaptation. The plot follows the journey of Gianina (played by Ana Dumitra\u0219cu), a young Romanian woman who left her country of origin to work as a cleaning lady in a bourgeois French family. To earn a living and provide for her family, Gianina had to leave her own daughter in Romania, under the care of her mother.<\/p><div id=\"linit-282270475\" class=\"linit-dans-le-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The daily life of a tightrope walker<\/h2>\n<p>The film adopts a chronological structure composed of \u201csnippets of lives\u201d, interspersed by the evenings where Gianina plays in an amateur theater troupe, playing the role of C\u00e9lestine (main character in Mirbeau&rsquo;s novel).<\/p>\n<p>Her daily life consists of doing household chores and looking after the son of her employers, who are played by M\u00e9lanie Thierry and Vincent Macaigne. Behind this apparent routine, we quickly realize that life is not a long, quiet river for this Romanian who must manage the moods in this family in order not to lose her job.<\/p>\n<p>From the beginning of October to December, Gianina counts the days while waiting to reunite with her daughter during the holiday season.<\/p>\n<h2>A mirror of contemporary contradictions<\/h2>\n<p>Filmmaker Radu Jude thus succeeds in highlighting the deep discomforts and invisible power dynamics that govern current society. He cultivates the art of unease in an era marked by contradictions.<\/p>\n<p>Reda Benkoula<\/p>\n<p>Screenings at the FNCCin\u00e9ma du Mus\u00e9e \u2013 Sunday October 11, 2026 \u2013 7:45 p.m. \u2014 9:30 p.m. Cineplex Quartier Latin \u2013 Room 10 \u2013 Thursday October 15, 2026 \u2013 9:00 p.m. \u2014 10:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EOyoQy8rEWQ?si=7Kna4VLsVJ8_XG1o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img post-id=\"90935\" fifulocal-featured=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90936 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Le-Journal-dune-femme-de-chambre-Radu-Jude.jpg\" alt=\"55e FNC. Le Journal d\u2019une femme de chambre\u00a0: Radu Jude cultive l\u2019art du malaise\" title=\"55e FNC. 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