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Completed - FRENCH - Drama, Comedy, Romance

Log Line

Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis Jouvert leaves a peaceful yet boring bourgeois existence with his wife (Sandrine Kiberlain), a perfect socialite, his children in a boarding school and his finance office. The family has their world turned upside down when exuberant Spanish maids moved in their building.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2011 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2011 (Screening)
  • Toronto 2011 (Line up)
  • AFM 2011 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2010

Director(s) : Philippe LE GUAY
Writer(s) : Philippe LE GUAY
Cast : Carmen MAURA, Fabrice LUCCHINI, Sandrine KIBERLAIN

Producer(s) : Etienne COMAR (Les Films de la Suane), Philippe ROUSSELET (Les Films de la Suane)

Synopsis

Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis Joubert
(Fabrice Luchini) lives a peaceful
yet boring bourgeois existence with
his wife (Sandrine Kiberlain), a
perfect socialite, his children in a
boarding school and his finance
office. The family has their world
turned upside down when
exuberant Spanish maids moved
in their building’s sixth floor, the
servant’s quarters. Teresa, Carmen,
Dolorès, Concepciòn (Carmen Maura) and her niece Maria
(Natalia Verbeke) who just arrived from Burgos. Jean-Louis
will unexpectedly tie bonds with them, especially with Maria.
She is young, pretty, happy and full of joy.
In a word, Jean-Louis’s life is about to change… a lot.

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

Start of shooting : March 2010

ARGENTINA CDI FILMS
AUSTRALIA SBS TELEVISION
AUSTRALIA PALACE FILMS
BRAZIL MARES FILMES LT
CANADA ASTRAL TELEVISI
COLOMBIA CINEPLEX
FINLAND ATLANTIC FILM F
FRANCE CANAL+
FRANCE SND - GROUPE M6
GREECE FILMTRADE
HUNGARY MOZINET LTD.
ISRAEL NEW CINEMA LTD.
ITALY ARCHIBALD ENTER
JAPAN NEW SELECT CO.
SPAIN SAVOR EDICIONES
SPAIN ABORDAR
SWITZERLAN PRAESENS-FILM A
UNITED KIN CINEFILE WORLD
USA STRAND RELEASIN


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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2011 Competition


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