The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997)
"La femme de chambre du Titanic" (original title)

Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England, Marie, saying she is a chambermaid on the Titanic and cannot get a room, asks to ... See full summary »

Director:

Bigas Luna

Writers:

Cuca Canals (scenario), Jean-Louis Benoît (scenario),

Stars:

Olivier Martinez, Romane Bohringer, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

7 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Olivier Martinez	...	Horty
Romane Bohringer	...	Zoe
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón	...	Marie
Didier Bezace	...	Simeon
Aldo Maccione	...	Zeppe, Actor
Jean-Marie Juan	...	Pascal
Arno Chevrier	...	Al
Marianne Groves	...	Mathilde
Didier Bénureau	...	Simeon's Secretary
Alberto Cassadie	...	Giovanni
Giorgio Gobbi	...	Manu
Yves Verhoeven	...	Gaspard
Vincenzo De Caro	...	Lacroix
Salvador Madrid	...	Leon
Barbara Lerici	...	Blanche

Storyline

Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England, Marie, saying she is a chambermaid on the Titanic and cannot get a room, asks to share his room. They do, chastely; when he awakens, she is gone, but he sees her at the sailing and gets a photo of her. When he returns home, he suspects that his wife Zoe has been sleeping with Simeon, the foundry owner. Horty goes to the bar, where his friends get him drunk and he starts telling an erotic fantasy of what happened with him and Marie, drawing a larger audience each night.

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Plot Keywords:

foundry | titanic | french | bar | contest | 

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Taglines:

There was more than one love story on the Titanic.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

France Italy Germany Spain

Language:

French English

Release Date:

14 August 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Chambermaid

Filming Locations:

Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$7,902 (USA) (14 August 1998)

Gross:

$244,465 (USA) (18 September 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

UGC YM, La Sept Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the Titanic is seen leaving the dock, smoke is coming from four funnels. On the real ship, the fourth smokestack was a dummy.

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Soundtracks

"Tzigany Waltz"
Extracto de "Austria Central Europe Greece" - Bruton Music BRR31
Written by John Leach (as J. Leache) and George Fenton (as G. Fenton)
Courtesy of E. Warner Music

User Reviews

Hilarious

This was an excellent movie & one of the funniest I've ever seen. I'm not the biggest Luna fan, but this was a great story with really good acting, too. The actress who played Zoe did a great job with a tough role.