《女仆日记》最迷人的地方在于雷诺阿极简而诗意的叙事，他极少刻意煽情，而是用如流水般细腻的镜头，把生活琐事拍出油画般的质感。看着轻快却意外扎心，这种生活流的浪漫最是动人。雷诺阿用极具质感的自然光和流动的长镜头，将平凡琐碎的日常生活化作了流动的油画，温暖而通透。全片在幽默与温情中巧妙探讨阶级差异，非常适合热爱经典法国电影、偏爱细腻情感描写的观众细细品味。 桑德琳娜戴博维尔演技灵动，将少女的纯真、期待与小心思演绎得淋漓尽致，让人毫无防备地为她揪心。影片以他标志性的流动长镜头，像一幅流动的水彩画般描绘了女主角珍妮如何在贵族家勤恳工作。

　　Celestine, the chambermaid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man. But Mr Lanlaire is not a right choice: all the house is firmly controlled by Mme Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, ex-officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive, and does not share his mother's anti-republicans opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and also Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity ? Will sinister and inflexible Joseph let his views upon Celestine be ruined ? A quite disillusioned depiction of humanity.