Love Street (2002) Rue des plaisirs (original title)

Director:

Patrice Leconte

Writers:

Serge Frydman (screenplay) and
Patrice Leconte

Release Date:

13 February 2002 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Watashi, koishiteru no [Japan]

Plot:

A handyman in a 1940s Paris brothel tries to help the prostitute he loves with her singing career and romantic life.

Plot Keywords:

1940s | Prostitute | Brothel | Poker | Address As Title

Cast

Patrick Timsit	...	Petit Louis
Laetitia Casta	...	Marion
Vincent Elbaz	...	Dimitri Josco
Catherine Mouchet	...	Léna
Isabelle Spade	...	Camille
Bérangère Allaux	...	Violette
Patrick Floersheim	...	Le Roumain
Manuel Bonnet	...	Homme Roumain 1
Pascal Parmentier	...	Homme Roumain 2
Dolores Chaplin	...	Dolorès (as Dolorès Chaplin)
Carole Esther	...	Carol (as Carol Esther)
Florence Geanty	...	Florence
Isabelle Le Nouvel	...	Isabelle
Sophie Le Tellier	...	Sophie
Céline Samie	...	Céline
Valérie Vogt	...	Valérie
Emmanuelle Weber	...	Femme Gaine
Mercédès Brawand	...	Madame Boula (as Mercedes Brawand)
Charlie Nelson	...	Client Catapulté
Maxime Monsimier	...	Petit Louis Enfant
Jean-François Kopf	...	Animateur Radio
Claude Derepp	...	Homme music-hall
Etienne Draber	...	Impresario
Daniel Kenigsberg	...	Boulanger
Michèle Gleizer	...	Michèle Gleizer
Nathalie Perrot	...	Patronne de l'Hôtel
Christian Mazucchini	...	Joueur Pocker
Boris Napes	...	Acheteur Pénicilline
Natacha Gérardin	...	Femme trio radio-crochet
Sandrine Mallick	...	Femme trio radio-crochet
Isabelle Zanotti	...	Femme trio radio-crochet
Jacques Vertan	...	Artiste au Chien
Claude-Louis Royer	...	Accordéoniste
Catherine Sola	...	Radio (voice)
Samuel Labarthe	...	L'homme silencieux
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sandra Dorset	...	(uncredited)
Estelle Rosenfeld	...	Prostituée (uncredited)

Directed by
Patrice Leconte

Writing credits
Serge Frydman		(screenplay)
Patrice Leconte

Produced by
Christophe Audeguis	....	executive producer
Philippe Carcassonne	....	producer
Roland Pellegrino	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Eduardo Serra		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Joëlle Hache

Production Design by
Ivan Maussion

Costume Design by
Christian Gasc

Makeup Department
Laurence Azouvy	....	assistant makeup artist
Jean-Charles Bachelier	....	assistant hair stylist
Lorenzo Belliot	....	assistant hair stylist
Fabienne Bressan	....	assistant hair stylist
Gérard Carrissimoux	....	assistant hair stylist
José Lucas Casas	....	assistant hair stylist
Magali Ceyrat	....	assistant makeup artist
Ariane Chassaigne	....	assistant hair stylist
Marianne Collette	....	assistant makeup artist
Sidonie Constantin	....	assistant hair stylist (as Sidonie Constantien)
Marc Daragnes	....	assistant hair stylist
Isabelle de Araujo	....	key makeup artist
Michèle Decanini	....	assistant hair stylist (as Michelle de Canini)
Michel Demonteix	....	key hair stylist
Pascal Ferrero	....	assistant hair stylist
Françoise Fichet	....	assistant hair stylist
Michelle Fosse	....	assistant hair stylist
Odile Fourquin	....	assistant makeup artist
Judith Gayo	....	key makeup artist
Catherine George	....	assistant makeup artist
Axel Guemraoui	....	assistant hair stylist (as Alix Guemraoui)
Mathieu Gueracague	....	assistant hair stylist
Annie Habans	....	assistant makeup artist
Lucio Inzerillo	....	assistant hair stylist
Catherine Leblanc	....	assistant hair stylist
Stéphanie Lemaire	....	assistant makeup artist
Isabelle Luzet	....	key hair stylist
Françoise Malet	....	assistant makeup artist
Mario Messere	....	assistant hair stylist
Michèle Micolod	....	assistant makeup artist (as Michelle Micolod)
Pascale Paqueron	....	assistant hair stylist (as Pascale Paqueton)
Jean-Christophe Roger	....	assistant makeup artist
Lyda Sanchez	....	assistant hair stylist
Miguel Santos	....	assistant hair stylist
Pascal Thiollier	....	assistant makeup artist
Guillaume Tixier	....	assistant hair stylist
Marie-France Vassel	....	assistant makeup artist
Marc Villeneuve	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Jean-Philippe Avenel	....	unit production manager
Daniel Baschieri	....	production manager
Fabien Gourmelen	....	additional production manager trainee
Olivier Grometto	....	production manager trainee
Frédéric Gélard	....	additional production manager trainee (as Frédéric Gelard)
Erwan Inizan	....	production manager trainee
Christine Janeau	....	production manager
Phillipe Levy	....	production supervisor
Pascaline Renaudineau	....	production manager trainee
Stépahne Ruiz	....	production manager trainee
Isabelle Saint-Aubin	....	production supervisor (as Isabelle de Saint-Aubin)
Fabrice Triquenot	....	additional production manager trainee
Grégory Valais	....	additional unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Grégoire Barachin	....	assistant director
Anne Gilles	....	second assistant director
Mathieu Langlois	....	intern director
Elisa Sánchez	....	intern director (as Elisa Sanchez)

Art Department
Gilles Baillot	....	carpenter
Nicolas Barray	....	additional painter
Hadrien Bartherotte	....	carpenter
Alain Bergé	....	key painter (as Alain Berge)
Bernard Boivin	....	construction coordinator
Jean-Michel Boivin	....	additional carpenter
Séverine Brunner	....	draper (as Séverine Bruner)
Xavier Buffin	....	decorative painter
Daniel Clerici	....	additional carpenter
Jean-René Coulon	....	props
Camille Couzinet	....	additional carpenter
Jacques Dalla-Mura	....	painter (as Jacques Dalla Mura)
Hervé Daouphars	....	carpenter
Patrick Delmas	....	carpenter
Virginie Denis Roy	....	first assistant decorator (as Virginie Denis)
Eric Frion	....	carpenter
Stéphane Gallotta	....	additional construction grip
Richard Gerardin	....	painter
Christian Guillebaud	....	carpenter
Pascal Guyot	....	additional carpenter
Jérôme Hayot	....	additional painter
Jacques Kazandian	....	chief draper (as Jacques Kazandjian)
Dimitri Kettani	....	construction grip trainee
Christian Lionel	....	additional carpenter (as Lionel Christian)
Albane Marchand	....	construction grip trainee
Eric Marie	....	draper trainee
Pierre Mery	....	construction grip
Igor Mollet	....	head carpenter
Michel Méry	....	construction grip (as Michel Mery)
Enrico Pittiglio	....	additional painter
Claude Poulain	....	decorative painter
Manuel Poulain	....	carpenter
Nicolas Raffy	....	property master
Roger Saillard	....	additional carpenter
Sylvain Serre	....	additional carpenter
Caroline Sina	....	draper
David Sánchez	....	additional construction grip (as David Sanchez)
David Varnier	....	construction grip

Sound Department
Annabel Acquaviva	....	sound assistant
Fanchon Brulé	....	dialogue editor (as Fanchon Brule)
Hervé Bénard	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Hervé Benard)
Annabel Callard	....	assistant adr supervisor
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Emmanuel Croset	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pascal Dedeye	....	assistant foley artist
Isabelle Filippi	....	assistant adr supervisor
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Julien Gardet	....	sound designer
Jean Goudier	....	sound
Dominique Hennequin	....	sound
Paul Lainé	....	sound
Jean-Louis Lebras	....	assistant adr editor
Alexis Leverve	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gilles Missir	....	foley engineer
Sandrine Strauss	....	assistant sound editor
Johann Nallet	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Jean-Alexandre Villemer	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Philippe Alleton	....	special effects technician
Alain Birchler	....	special effects technician
Pierre Foury	....	special effects supervisor
Daniel Lenoir	....	special effects technician
Jean-Pierre Maricourt	....	special effects supervisor
Benoît Squizzato	....	special effects technician
Piotr Styczen	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Christophe Belena	....	scan and conforming technician: Duboicolor
Coralie Boulay	....	digital transfer editor: Duboi
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects supervisor: Duboi
Solena Collignon	....	digital compositor: Duboi (as Solen Collignon)
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects coordinator: Duboi
Stephane Deverly	....	research & development: Duboi (as Stéphane Deverly)
François Dupuy	....	digital transfers: Duboi
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	technical director: Duboi
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	digital transfers: Duboi
Alexandre Kolasinski	....	digital compositor: Duboi
Jeremie Leroux	....	compositing supervisor: Duboi (as Jérémie Leroux)
Tina Lin	....	scan and conforming technician: Duboicolor
Patricia Medjahed	....	digital compositor: Duboi
Jean-Christophe Olivier	....	digital compositor: Duboi
Marc Paccosi	....	digital compositor: Duboi (as Marco Paccosi)
Antoine Simkine	....	visual effects executive producer: Duboi
Olivier Tubach	....	research & development: Duboi
Guillaume Uguet	....	digital transfers: Duboi
Edouard Valton	....	visual effects producer: Duboi

Stunts
Rémi Canaple	....	stunts
Yan Dron	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Claude Atanassian	....	chief electrician
Jean Atanassian	....	electrician
Michel Atanassian	....	electrician
Florent Bazin	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Luc Bezeau	....	additional key grip
Stéphanie Branchu	....	additional still photographer
Gerard Buffard	....	additional key grip (as Gérard Buffard)
Catherine Cabrol	....	still photographer
Mathieu Caudroy	....	steadicam operator
Gilles Cousteix	....	additional electrician
Bénédicte Delgéhier	....	additional camera operator (as Bénédicte Belgehier)
Euriel Etevenon	....	additional camera operator
Dominique Fayos	....	grip
Dominique Fourny	....	additional grip
Eric Gallet	....	additional grip
Grégory Gentaud	....	additional camera operator
David Grinberg	....	second assistant camera
Tiphaine Helary	....	additional camera operator
Gilbert Lucido	....	additional key grip
Olivier Monton	....	additional grip
Marc Nove	....	electrician
Philippe Peyraud	....	additional electrician
Denis Scozzesi	....	key grip
Agnès Todoroff	....	additional camera operator
Paul Triboulet	....	grip
Antoine Vidal	....	lighting technician
Patrice Leconte	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Geneviève Acien	....	extras casting
Solène Combemale	....	extras casting assistant
Catherine Deserbais	....	extras casting
Marinette Levy	....	extras casting assistant
Stéphanie Nataf	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Guy William Adoh	....	costume supervisor
Chloé Aguilella Cueco	....	seamstress
Françoise Attal Roth	....	costumer (as Françoise Attal)
Mine Barral-Vergez	....	seamstress: Laetitia Casta (as Mine Barral Verges)
Phillipe Bazin	....	tailor
Sophie Bossé	....	seamstress (as Sophie Bosse)
Mélanie Boudet	....	additional dresser
Brigitte Bourneuf	....	seamstress
Marie Bouvier	....	additional dresser
Nathalie de Belleval	....	dresser
Sophie Dieu	....	dresser
Arnaud Foeller	....	costume trainee
Laure Girardeuu Cuckovic	....	costumer (as Laure Cuckovic)
Laurence Guindollet	....	costumer (as Laurence Michelland)
Gaëtan Leudière	....	seamstress (as Gaétan Leudiere)
Jocelyne Lucas	....	seamstress
Martine Marti	....	seamstress
Edwige Morel D'Arleux	....	key costumer
Corinne Page	....	seamstress
Pascale Paoli	....	costumer
Bénédicte Planes	....	costumer
Valérie Ranchoux	....	costumer
Mathieu Trillaud	....	tailor
Rosalie Varda	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Christian Dutac	....	color timer
Emmanuelle Mimran	....	apprentice film editor
Emilie Monod	....	assistant editor
Sylvie Van der Vorm	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Pierre Adenot	....	music arranger
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Alex Firla	....	music mixer
Marine Guez	....	music consultant
Didier Lizé	....	music mixer (as Didier Lize)
Marie Sabbah	....	composer agent

Transportation Department
Jean-Claude Charpentier	....	transportation co-captain
Martin Grange	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Franck Belaiche	....	production team: Ciné B (as Franck Prince)
Volker Beyer	....	project controller
Sandrine Boulet	....	production team: Ciné B
Bernard Caroff	....	additional groupman
Jean-René Coulon	....	additional location manager
Pierre de Domingo	....	assistant: Patrick Timsit
Véronique Demaret	....	production team: Ciné B (as Véronique Stinus)
Corinne Devaux	....	choreographer
Mathias Duhayer	....	production team: Ciné B
Brigitte Faure	....	production team: Ciné B
Marie Gennesseaux	....	script supervisor intern
Léonard Glowinski	....	production team: Ciné B
Jean-Marc Haddad	....	infography
Jean Labille	....	locksmith
Marie Leconte	....	script supervisor
Jean-Claude Lecoq	....	armorer
Patrick Lemaire	....	groupman
Philippe Lévy	....	production accountant
Sophie Musset	....	location manager
Nana Otte	....	production secretary
Claudio Pedrosi	....	assistant: Laetitia Casta
Alix Raynaud	....	production team: Ciné B
Christian Thurot	....	additional groupman
Brigitte Vingadassamy	....	production team: Ciné B

Thanks
Florence Abiven	....	special thanks
Feriel Benouarka	....	special thanks (as Fériel Benouarka)
Brigitte Brauner	....	special thanks: La Marie de Paris
Nicolas Bérard	....	special thanks
Madame Charlot	....	special thanks
Muriel Cholin	....	special thanks
Nicole Colin	....	special thanks
Didier Dekeyser	....	special thanks
Jean-Louis Detry	....	special thanks
Didier Diaz	....	special thanks
Jean-Robert Gibard	....	special thanks
Ghislaine Gracieux	....	special thanks
Frédéric Guérouet	....	special thanks (as Frédéric Gerouet)
Monsieur Jean-Pierre Haubensack	....	special thanks: SNCF Direction de la Communication
Jean-Pierre Hennequin	....	special thanks: EDF Services et Ingéniere Ouest
Anne Holland	....	special thanks
Charles Lakehal	....	special thanks (as Charlie Lakehall)
Jean-Philippe Lenoir	....	special thanks: EDF Services et Ingéniere Ouest
Jean-Pierre Marotte	....	special thanks
Annick Mulatier	....	special thanks (as Annick Mullatier)
Charles Henri de Pierrefeu	....	special thanks
Alain Pierron	....	special thanks
Monique Plantade	....	special thanks: Voirie de Paris
Francine Schlouch	....	special thanks: Shu Uemura
Catherine Tocheport	....	special thanks
Michel Vilard	....	special thanks (as Michel Villard)

Production Companies

• Ciné B
• Cinéma Parisien
• KC Medien
• Media Suits
• Pathé Image Production
• TF1 Films Production
• Zoulou Films

Distributors

• Pathé (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (Russia)
• Cinema Parisien
• Fox Pathé Europa (2002) (France) (DVD)
• Media Suits
• Shôchiku Eiga
• Warner Bros.

Other Companies

• Andros  special thanks
• Annamode 68  special thanks
• Badoit  special thanks
• Bonne Maman (I)  special thanks (as Bonne Maman)
• Bosquet Extincteurs  special thanks
• By Terry  special thanks
• Costumes et Costume  special thanks
• Direction de la Voirie de Paris  special thanks (as Voirie de Paris)
• EDF Services et Ingéniere Ouest  special thanks
• Email Diamant  special thanks
• Euro Music  special thanks
• Evian  special thanks
• Film Music Services  music supervision
• France Télécom  special thanks
• Il Costume  special thanks
• Lambert Hofer Kostume  special thanks
• Le Trianon, Cinéma Intercommunal  special thanks
• Madame Bijoux  special thanks (as Domo Madame Bijoux)
• Mairie de Paris  special thanks
• Maratier  special thanks
• Miko  special thanks
• Orangina  special thanks
• Perfect Technologies  special thanks
• Pompei Vidéo  special thanks
• Préfecture de Police de Paris  thanks
• SNCF Direction de la Communication  special thanks
• Santé Beauté  special thanks
• Segafredo  special thanks
• Shu Uemura  special thanks
• Théâtre de Poissy  special thanks

Also Known As:

"Rue des plaisirs" - France (original title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

France | Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | Canada:18+ (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Ciné B

Movie Connections:

Features Panic (1946)

Soundtrack:

Carioca

A lovely film

I am an unabashed fan of Mr. Leconte. In fact, I have never seen a bad film from this director. Every film of his is completely unlike the others, and yet they all have his unmistakable stamp.

Rue des Plaisirs takes its sweet time setting its story up, but it all moves very quickly, pace-wise, and the simplicity and beauty of the images is wonderful, and the little fable is ultimately very touching. Mr. Leconte rarely overstays his welcome - his films have reasonable running times and they say what they have to say and then they're done. If you don't know this director, you should seek out his films, especially Monseiur Hire, Intimate Strangers, The Widow of St. Pierre, Ridicule, and the great 1 Chance Sur Doux, with Belmondo, Delon, and Vanessa Paradis.