Place Vendôme

France, Belgium, Switzerland

1998

117 Min

Color

2.35:1

English, French

Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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SCR Jacques Fieschi, Nicole Garcia

CAST Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jacques Dutronc, Bernard Fresson, François Berléand, Dragan Nikolić, Otto Tausig, Malik Zidi, László Szabó

ED Françoise Bonnot, Luc Barnier, Jean-François Naudon

MUSIC Richard Robbins

Venice (Competition): Best Actress, Telluride

Synopsis

The death of Vincent, the director of one of the prestigious jewelry shop on chic Place Vendôme, leaves his wife, Marianne, at a terrible crossroads in her life. Her life has been marked by sadness. Though she does retain some of her grace and elegance, Marianne lives in a boozy stupor most of the time… until the day she discovers seven magnificent diamonds stashed away in her husband’s hidden chest. Their beauty slowly awakens her passion. –IMDb

Director

Nicole Garcia

Nicole Garcia started her career in the theatre in 1967: she appeared in Les caprices de Marianne, Suréna and Oncle Vania, after studying philosophy and then drama at the Centre Dramatique de la rue Blanche and the Conservatoire national d’art dramatique. She has acted in over thirty films since 1976, with directors such as Bertrand Tavernier Que la Fête commence (1974), Henri Verneuil Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976), Laurent Heynemann La Question (1977), Philippe de Broca Le Cavaleur (1978), Alain Resnais Mon Oncle d’Amérique (1979), Claude Lelouch Les Uns et les Autres (1980), Pierre Schoendoerffer L’Honneur d’un capitaine (1982), José Pinheiro Les Mots pour le dire (1983), Claude Sautet Garçon (1983), Michel Deville Péril en la demeure (1984), Brigitte Rouan Outremer (1989), Sam Karmann Kennedy et moi (1999), Philippe Harel Tristan (2002), Claude Miller La Petite Lili (2003). She went back to the theatre with Deux sur la balançoire in 1985, Partage de Midi in 1990, and Scènes de la… read more