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

"Dancing Keys"
Extracto de "Time Periods 2" - Parry Music PML 1036
Written by J. Moody
Courtesy of E. Warner Music

User Reviews

Very intelligent movie

This collaboration between France and Italy is simply a very original movie, with a scrip of a great intelligence. We don't really know if Olivier Martinez is telling lies, but like the people who listen to him, we want to hear him and believe him. And like in a great short story of litterature, we know the true at the end, but the director told us, in a little part, that it's not really sure... The idea of shows in little theatres, by the last half of the film, is simply brillant. I have study the reaction of people with melodrama at this time of the 20th century, and we saw that in this film

exactly like it was in the early 1910's. This is truly a wonderful movie.