Les femmes du 6ème étage (2010)

Director:

Philippe Le Guay

Writers:

Philippe Le Guay
Jérôme Tonnerre

Release Date:

7 October 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Help is on the way.

Plot:

In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by two Spanish maids.

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Caretaker | Plumber | Toilet | Spain

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Fabrice Luchini	...	Jean-Louis Joubert
Sandrine Kiberlain	...	Suzanne Joubert
Natalia Verbeke	...	María Gonzalez
Carmen Maura	...	Concepción Ramirez
Lola Dueñas	...	Carmen
Berta Ojea	...	Dolores Carbalan
Nuria Solé	...	Teresa
Concha Galán	...	Pilar
Marie-Armelle Deguy	...	Colette de Bergeret
Muriel Solvay	...	Nicole de Grandcourt
Audrey Fleurot	...	Bettina de Brossolette
Annie Mercier	...	Mme Triboulet
Michèle Gleizer	...	Germaine Bronech - la vieille bonne bretonne
Camille Gigot	...	Bertrand Joubert
Jean-Charles Deval	...	Olivier Joubert
Philippe Duquesne	...	Gérard, l'employé du traiteur
Christine Vézinet	...	Valentine
Jeupeu	...	Boulard - le plombier
Vincent Nemeth	...	Monsieur Armand
Philippe du Janerand	...	Piquer
Patrick Bonnel	...	Golmard
Laurent Claret	...	Blamond
Thierry Nenez	...	Le poissonnier
José Etchelus	...	Le prêtre
Jean-Claude Jay	...	Pelletier
Joan Massotkleiner	...	Fernando
Ivan Martin Salan	...	Miguel
Olivia Algazi	...	Une Espagnole
Alicia Robledo Fiestas	...	Une Espagnole
Patricia Morejon	...	Une Espagnole
Raquel Teliet	...	Une Espagnole
Charlotte Burnett	...	Une Espagnole (as Anne-Charlotte Burnett)
Maria De Goyeneche	...	Une Espagnole
Sophie Nicollas	...	Une Espagnole
Sophie Piccioto	...	Une Espagnole (as Sophie Picciotto)
Victoria Sáez	...	Une Espagnole (as Victoria Saez)
Miriam Velazquez Tris	...	Une Espagnole
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lauriane Escaffre	...	La conférencière

Directed by
Philippe Le Guay

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Philippe Le Guay
Jérôme Tonnerre

Produced by
Etienne Comar	....	producer
Philippe Rousselet	....	producer

Original Music by
Jorge Arriagada

Cinematography by
Jean-Claude Larrieu

Film Editing by
Monica Coleman

Casting by
Tatiana Vialle

Production Design by
Pierre-François Limbosch

Set Decoration by
Sabine Delouvrier
Laura Musso

Costume Design by
Christian Gasc

Makeup Department
Michèle Constantinides	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Jean-Jacques Albert	....	production manager
Jacquot Clotilde	....	assistant unit manager
Frederic Jupin	....	post-production supervisor: Eclair Numérique
David Paté	....	additional assistant unit manager
Antoine Théron	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gabrielle Hanne	....	third assistant director
Joseph Rapp	....	assistant director

Art Department
Aude-Line Duliere	....	second assistant art director
Geraldine Laferte	....	assistant set decorator
Jessica Lamarque	....	assistant decorator
Cédric Maserati	....	props
Christophe Offret	....	property master
Edouard Pallardy	....	head painter
Julie Ridremont	....	painter

Sound Department
Emmanuel Croset	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jacques Descomps	....	sound assistant: auditorium
Vincent Guillon	....	supervising sound editor
Grégory Lacroix	....	assistant sound
Cyrille Lauwerier	....	adr mixer
Michel Monier	....	dolby consultant
Laurent Poirier	....	sound
Hubert Teissedre	....	foley recording engineer
Malo Thouément	....	sound assistant

Special Effects by
Piotr Styczen	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Olivier Blanchet	....	visual effects artist
Jean-Antoine Lacolle	....	digital compositor
Arnaud Ortmann	....	digital artist
François Poupon	....	visual effects artist
Amélie Rey	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Julien Andreetti	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Camille de Chenay	....	camera trainee
Bertrand Follet	....	camera operator
Sarah Gouze	....	electrician trainee
Thibault Grabherr	....	still photographer
Perrotte Lara	....	camera operator
Jean-Marie Leroy	....	still photographer
Farès Messaoud	....	second assistant camera
Mathieu Poudevigne	....	electrician
Xavier Renaudot	....	gaffer
Yannick Ressigeac	....	first assistant camera
Alexandre Ricco	....	grip
Daniel Traini	....	generator operator

Casting Department
Rosa Estévez	....	casting: Spanish actresses (as Rosa Estevez Ramos)
Brigitte Fourcade	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Giulia Rodino	....	assistant editor
Philippe Tourret	....	digital intermediate coordinator
Mathilde Van de Moortel	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Sylvie Koechlin	....	script supervisor
André-Paul Ricci	....	press attache

Production Companies

• Vendôme Production (co-production)
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• SND (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• France Télévision (participation)
• Banque Postale Image 4 (in association with)
• Cofinova 7 (in association with)
• Uni Étoile 8 (in association with)

Distributors

• SND Groupe M6 (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• SND (2011) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Archibald Enterprise Film (2011) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Best Film (2011) (Poland) (theatrical)
• CDI Films (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Palace Films (2011) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Praesens-Film (2011) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• SND (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Strand Releasing (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Homescreen (2011) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Savor (2012) (Spain) (all media)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2011) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Neuflize OBC  bank
• Tapages  sound equipment
• Ville de Paris: Mission Cinéma  thanks

Also Known As:

"The Women on the 6th Floor" - Australia (literal English title), International (English title) (imdb display title)
"As Mulheres do 6º Andar" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"As Mulheres do Sexto Andar" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"Ha'nashim Bakoma Ha'shishit" - Israel (Hebrew title) (imdb display title)
"Kobiety z 6. pietra" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Kuudennen kerroksen naiset" - Finland (imdb display title)
"Kvinderne på sjette sal" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"Kvinnorna på sjätte våningen" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Las chicas de la 6ª planta" - Spain (imdb display title)
"Las mujeres del 6° piso" - Argentina (imdb display title)
"Le donne del 6º piano" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Nur für Personal!" - Germany (imdb display title)
"Os Encantos do 6º Andar" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Zenske iz 6. nadstropja" - Slovenia (imdb display title)

Runtime:

France:104 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | France:U | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:Btl | Germany:o.Al. (f) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Japan:G | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Chinchón, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Vendôme Production

Trivia:

Opening film and 2011 Audience Award of the 16th COLCOA "A Week of French Film Premieres in Hollywood" in April 2011.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the street, most (if not all) men wear hats, caps or Basque berets. In France, most men stopped wearing headgear in the 1950s (in cities at least). By 1960, the vast majority of men were hatless.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Maltin on Movies: Wrath of the Titans (#1.69)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Itsy Bitsy Petit Bikini

Highly recommended!

A great movie, with wonderful actress and actor, soft, funny, intelligent and deeper as it seems apparently. If you pay attention the flick will let you think upon many things and, in any case, you will leave the theater in a good and serene mood not only in your mind, but also in your heart. Very refreshing!!! Luchini is excellent (as always) in his wonderful character. He recognize the opportunity to change his life and he seize it on. Today maybe it is hard to imagine that a rich man can show that kind of interest for people of a such different social condition. But in the Sixties sometimes that could happen, the social dehumanization was not so advanced like today, in spite of all the contradictions of those years, which are very well represented. Very good also Kiberlain as his wife. She is perfect in her attitude as snooty new rich. The whole cast of the movie and especially the Spanish women are simply great: they show how a change was urgently requested, at that time... and let us understand, today also!