Jeanne Moreau and Jean Ozenne, Diary of a Chambermaid, Luis Buñuel, 1964
Palate cleanser
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Loved this scene and the disengaged (yet curious) way she plays it.
Jeanne Moreau… there’s a memoir I wish I was reading right now.
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