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Philippe Le Guay | France | 2010 | 102 min | French / Spanish
In 1962 in Paris, attics were generally inhabited by the household staff of the rich people living below. Often they were cheap Spanish ladies with good work ethics. When a young Spanish woman comes to work for the conservative Jean-Louis Joubert and his chic wife, the tone of their somnambulant household changes. Diligent María chases the curious man of the house to the sixth floor for the first time in ages, where he is pleasantly surprised by the Spanish joie de vivre. It doesn’t take long for respectable Mr Joubert (played by star French actor Fabrice Luchini) to become entirely enraptured by the exotic señoritas (including Spanish actresses Lola Dueñas and Carmen Maura).
The Women on the 6th Floor is a romantic comedy replete with dry humour about various cultures and separate social classes in a time of great social change. Picturesque images of Paris, a soundtrack with clearly Spanish overtones, carefully dressed locations and charming styling.
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 26 March 2015
Time: 16:00
Duration: 2:00
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 28 March 2015
Time: 21:00
Duration: 1:45
Place: The Cinemas 1
Date: 29 March 2015
Time: 13:30
Duration: 1:45
Year in
Festival
2015
Director
Philippe Le Guay
Camera
Jean-Claude Larrieu
Cast
Fabrice Luchini
Sandrine Kiberlain
Natalia Verbeke
Carmen Maura
Lola Dueñas
Berta Ojea
Nuria Solé
Country
France
Editor
Monica Coleman
Language
French / Spanish
Length
Music
Jorge Arriagada
Producer
Etienne Comar
Philippe Rousselet
Production Design
Pierre-François Limbosch
Scenario
Philippe Le Guay
Jérôme Tonnerre
Sound Design
Emmanuel Croset
Vincent Guillon
Year of Production
2010
Philippe LE GUAY (1956, France) was trained at L’Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Since the early 1980s he has been writing and directing films for both TV and the cinema. The Women on the 6th Floor (2010) is his biggest success so far.
Filmography
Le clou (1984, short), Les deux Fragonard (1989), Urgence d’aimer (1992, TV Movie), Rhésus Roméo (1993, TV Movie), L’année Juliette (1995), Trois huit (2001), Le coût de la vie (2003), Du jour au lendemain (2006), Les femmes du 6ème étage/The Women on the 6th Floor (2010), V comme Vian (2011, TV), Alceste à bicyclette (2013)