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.
pedophilia
rape
france
countryside
based on novel or book
hunter
society
sadism
sexuality
frigidity
fetishism
marriage
suspicion
bourgeoisie
fascist
clergyman
murder
anti-semitism
racism
soldier
class differences
nature
sexual repression
gardener
hunting
bigotry
catholicism
military veteran
clergy
sexless marriage
chambermaid
unhappy marriage
provincial life
neighbor feud
french police
human nature
rural setting
shoes
human in nature
animals & nature
inspired by novel or book
parisian woman