Le parfum de la dame en noir (2005)

Director:

Bruno Podalydès

Writers:

Gaston Leroux (novel)
Bruno Podalydès (scenario)

Release Date:

14 September 2005 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Denis Podalydès	...	Joseph Rouletabille
Sabine Azéma	...	Mathilde Stangerson
Zabou Breitman	...	Edith Rance
Olivier Gourmet	...	Robert Darzac
Jean-Noël Brouté	...	Sainclair
Pierre Arditi	...	Frédéric Larsan / Naja-Bey
Vincent Elbaz	...	Prince Galitch
Michael Lonsdale	...	Le professeur Stangerson
Julos Beaucarne	...	Le père Jacques / Vieux Bob
Isabelle Candelier	...	Mme Bernier
Dominique Parent	...	M. Bernier
Bruno Podalydès	...	Arthur Rance
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Le curé
Roger Roka	...	Rikki Matoni
Vincent Vedo Velli	...	Brignolles (as Vincent Vedovelli)
Sylvain Solustri	...	Tullio
Jean Podalydès	...	Rouletabille enfant
Patrick Ligardes	...	Le spectateur
Françoise Gillard	...	Une infirmière / Une fée
Célyne Tolosa	...	Une infirmière / Une fée (as Céline Tolosa)
Aude Chrétien	...	Une infirmière / Une fée
Claude Rich	...	Le juge de Marquet
Scali Delpeyrat	...	Le greffier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stéphane Batut	...	Le pompier
Ange Ruzé	...	Le jeune vieux

Directed by
Bruno Podalydès

Writing credits
Gaston Leroux		(novel)
Bruno Podalydès		(scenario)

Produced by
Martine Cassinelli	....	executive producer
Pascal Caucheteux	....	producer
Grégoire Sorlat	....	producer

Original Music by
Philippe Sarde

Cinematography by
Christophe Beaucarne

Film Editing by
Hervé de Luze
Elise Fievet
Bruno Podalydès

Production Design by
Riton Dupire-Clément

Set Decoration by
Olivia Bloch-Lainé

Costume Design by
Dorothée Guiraud

Makeup Department
Sylvie Aid	....	additional makeup artist (as Sylvie Aïd)
Véronick Bosch	....	additional hair stylist
Veronique Bosle	....	assistant hair stylist
Madeleine Cofano	....	hair designer: Sabine Azema
Yves Giorgi	....	additional hair stylist (as Yves Gorgi)
Delphine Jaffart	....	key makeup artist
Esther Laloum	....	additional hair stylist
Alain Luzy	....	hair stylist
Richard Luzy	....	key hair stylist
Katia Matisse	....	additional hair stylist (as Kati Matisse)
Marie Nouvet	....	makeup artist
Emmanuel Pitois	....	special makeup effects artist
Patricia Planche	....	additional makeup artist
Lydia Pujols	....	additional makeup artist (as Lydia Pujol)
Miguel Santos	....	additional hair stylist
Pascal Thiollier	....	additional makeup artist
Christine Vizier	....	additional hair stylist

Production Management
Albert Blasius	....	unit production manager
Guillaume Favreau	....	production manager
Laurencina Lam	....	post-production manager
Claire Langmann	....	unit production manager: Paris

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julie Gouet	....	trainee assistant director
Sylvie Peyre	....	first assistant director
Carole Reinhard	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Cali Berthet	....	painter
Bernard Chenevier	....	head carpenter
Matthieu Degeorges	....	carpenter
Christine Huet	....	patina painter
Jean-François Juvanon	....	head painter
Bruno Lefebvre	....	property master (as Bruno Lefèvre)
Eric Petit-Jean	....	construction coordinator
Mylene Riccardi	....	trainee decorator
Thierry Rouxel	....	set dresser
Nathalie Serrière	....	assistant art director
Alain Szczyglowski	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Philippe Amouroux	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Julien Bourdeau	....	dialogue editor
Edouard d'Heucqueville	....	sound mix technician
Assia Dnednia	....	foley artist (as Assia Zipper)
Jean Dubreuil	....	sound editor
Vincent Hedon	....	sound trainee
Cyril Holtz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marc Mnémosyne	....	sound recordist (as Marc Mnemozyne)
Jean-Max Morise	....	post-synchronisation
Laurent Poirier	....	sound
Florian Thiebaux	....	sound recordist
Pierre Tucat	....	boom operator
Jean-Noël Yven	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
François Philippi	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Jacques Bled	....	visual effects
Daniel Pereira de Abreu	....	visual effects
Sophie Denize	....	visual effects
Fabrice Faure	....	visual effects
Cédric Fayolle	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge	....	Flame artist: Mac Guff Ligne, Paris
Emmanuel Gondeau	....	visual effects
Pascal Laurent	....	visual effects
Virginie Lebert	....	visual effects
Mathieu Leclercq	....	visual effects
Bertrand Levallois	....	visual effects supervisor
Martial Vallanchon	....	visual effects

Stunts
Alain Barbier	....	stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunts
Alain Gaudiard	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Emmanuel Lanzi	....	stunts
Gregory Loffredo	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-François André	....	underwater cameraman
Fabrice Anut	....	grip
Frédéric Bassemayousse	....	underwater cameraman
Rene Basso	....	additional grip
Eric Bialas	....	Steadicam operator
Eric Bialas	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Eric Bornes	....	assistant camera (as Eric Borme)
Anne-Françoise Brillot	....	still photographer
Alain Caer	....	underwater cameraman
Emmanuel de Fleury	....	assistant camera
Fredy Devresse	....	underwater cameraman
Nabil Dridi	....	electrician
Franck Fiquet	....	electrician
Albane Fleury De Witte	....	trainee assistant camera
Eric Gies	....	electrician
Jean-Pierre Lacroix	....	gaffer
Mickaël Lemercier	....	underwater cameraman
Laurent Martin	....	grip
Eric Monin	....	additional electrician
Eric Moriceau	....	underwater cameraman
Luc Pallet	....	focus puller (as Luc Palet)
Laurent Passera	....	grip
Didier Petit	....	additional electrician
Alexandre Pétron	....	underwater cameraman
Christian Pétron	....	underwater cameraman
Yannick Ressigeac	....	second assistant camera
Michel Revest	....	underwater cameraman
Jean-Baptiste Rohmer	....	assistant camera
Christophe Surbier	....	grip
Pascal Szymaneck	....	underwater camera operator (as Pascal Szymanek)
Jean-Claude Temporelli	....	additional electrician
Stéphane Thiry	....	grip
Renaud Vandendergen	....	electrician
Jean-Pierre Voisin	....	electrician
Augustin Werkoff	....	additional grip

Casting Department
Estelle Chailloux	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne-Sophie Daniel	....	costume trainee
Françoise Dupin	....	additional costumer
Patricia Faget	....	costumer
Brigitte Masson	....	wardrobe
Bénédicte Rochas	....	additional costumer

Editorial Department
Idit Bloch	....	assistant editor
Mélanie Bénard	....	assistant editor
Jean Durand	....	color timer (as Jean Durant)
Benjamin Weill	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Laurent Berthou	....	production administrator
Lysiane Biagini	....	location scout
Luc Bricault	....	location scout
Agnès Chabot	....	press attache
Maureen Meyer	....	script supervisor
Nicolas Quéré	....	location assistant
Thierry Valletoux	....	reportage

Thanks
Nathalie Bloch-Lainé	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Why Not Productions
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• TPS Cinéma (participation)
• TPS Star (participation)
• Région Provence Côte d'Azur (participation)
• Cofimage 16 (participation)
• Soficinéma (participation)

Distributors

• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• UGC Video (2006) (France) (DVD)
• TV5Monde (2011) (Japan) (TV) (subtitled)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

France:115 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | France:U

Company:

Why Not Productions

Movie Connections:

Version of Le parfum de la dame en noir (1931)

Art-house adaptation with a stellar cast.

I find it difficult to write anything about this odd gem. Don't expect a hard logical development like in an Agatha Christie book adaptation. From the start, in the character's description, you know you are in front of a farcical/ burlesque whodunit.

Like in Resnais'"Les herbes folles", "On connaît la chanson" and "Smoking/No Smoking" (all starring the perfect actress, Sabine Azema, the last two also with Pierre Arditi as on this film) this films relates more to the brain than to "our hearts", to simplify it.

Some will call this kind of film "typically French", I really don't think so; in any case I hope not :).

The technical aspects are of course perfect, images in particular.

Directed by the brother of actor Denis Podalydès, who also has a family relation playing himself as a child, this film feels like those fanzines that make roar of laughter some selected club of "insiders", and leave the rest wondering what's it all about. Don't get me wrong, I liked having watched this film, but I understand it's not for everybody.

My favourite scene is when Rouletabille is trying to hide himself, but ends up making noises in the most unbelievable of ways, like a "mad machine".

Enjoy.