Released Date:
2003-07-30
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
(535 Reviews)
Director:
Philippe Le GuayGenres:
ComedyJean-Franèois Goyet
Philippe Le Guay
Some of French cinema's best known faces appear in this light hearted comedy about people's relationships with money.
Released Date:
2011-10-07
Languages:
French, Spanish
Countries:
France
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (6904 Reviews)
Director:
Philippe Le GuayGenres:
ComedyPhilippe Le Guay
Jèrème Tonnerre
Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man.
Released Date:
2013-01-16
Languages:
French, Italian
Countries:
France
Runtime:
104 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (1849 Reviews)
Director:
Philippe Le GuayFabrice Luchini (from an original idea by)
Philippe Le Guay (from an original idea by)
Philippe Le Guay (scenario
adaptation and dialogue)
Emmanuel Carrère (collaboration)
A once great actor, Serge Tanneur (Fabrice Luchini), has retired from the limelight. Too much pressure meant that one day, he simply decided he would act no more. For the past three years, he has lived in solitude on the èle de Rè, spending his time cycling through the windswept landscape. Fellow actor Gauthier Valence (Lambert Wilson), whose career is flying high, is planning a production of Molière's play The Misanthrope and wants to offer Serge the role of Filinte. Gauthier is convinced he will accept, since Serge himself has become a misanthrope, withdrawn from society and raging against the world. It would be wonderful to see him return in that part. But Serge plays hard to get, first of all as he want to play the title role. Instead of committing, he suggests they rehearse together for the week. Things look to be going well, especially when a mysterious Italian divorcee (Maya Sansa) brings a romantic spark into his life. With the play's producer, Gauthier's agent and his lover all arriving on the island at the weekend, the pressure is on Serge to make up his mind. Is he merely toying with Gauthier, or does he really intend to take to the stage once more?
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