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The Women on the 6th Floor

Original title: Les femmes du 6e étage
  • 20102010
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  • 1h 42m
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Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
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In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.

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  • Director
    • Philippe Le Guay
  • Writers
    • Philippe Le Guay(scenario and dialogue)
    • Jérôme Tonnerre(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Fabrice Luchini
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Natalia Verbeke
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  • Director
    • Philippe Le Guay
  • Writers
    • Philippe Le Guay(scenario and dialogue)
    • Jérôme Tonnerre(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Fabrice Luchini
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Natalia Verbeke
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    • 32User reviews
    • 82Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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    Sandrine Kiberlain in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
    Fabrice Luchini and Berta Ojea in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
    Natalia Verbeke in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
    Fabrice Luchini, Berta Ojea, and Natalia Verbeke in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
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    Fabrice Luchini in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
    Fabrice Luchini and Natalia Verbeke in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
    Lola Dueñas, Carmen Maura, Berta Ojea, Natalia Verbeke, and Nuria Solé in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
    Sandrine Kiberlain and Fabrice Luchini in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
    Natalia Verbeke in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
    Sandrine Kiberlain and Fabrice Luchini in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)
    Lola Dueñas, Carmen Maura, Berta Ojea, Natalia Verbeke, and Nuria Solé in Les femmes du 6e étage (2010)

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    Fabrice Luchini
    Fabrice Luchini
    • Jean-Louis Joubertas Jean-Louis Joubert
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Suzanne Joubertas Suzanne Joubert
    Natalia Verbeke
    Natalia Verbeke
    • María Gonzalezas María Gonzalez
    Carmen Maura
    Carmen Maura
    • Concepción Ramirezas Concepción Ramirez
    Lola Dueñas
    Lola Dueñas
    • Carmenas Carmen
    Berta Ojea
    • Dolores Carbalanas Dolores Carbalan
    Nuria Solé
    • Teresaas Teresa
    Concha Galán
    • Pilaras Pilar
    Marie-Armelle Deguy
    • Colette de Bergeretas Colette de Bergeret
    Muriel Solvay
    • Nicole de Grandcourtas Nicole de Grandcourt
    Audrey Fleurot
    Audrey Fleurot
    • Bettina de Brossoletteas Bettina de Brossolette
    Annie Mercier
    • Mme Tribouletas Mme Triboulet
    Michèle Gleizer
    • Germaine Bronech - la vieille bonne bretonneas Germaine Bronech - la vieille bonne bretonne
    Camille Gigot
    • Bertrand Joubertas Bertrand Joubert
    Jean-Charles Deval
    • Olivier Joubertas Olivier Joubert
    Philippe Duquesne
    Philippe Duquesne
    • Gérard, l'employé du traiteuras Gérard, l'employé du traiteur
    Christine Vézinet
    • Valentineas Valentine
    Jeupeu
    • Boulard - le plombieras Boulard - le plombier
    • Director
      • Philippe Le Guay
    • Writers
      • Philippe Le Guay(scenario and dialogue)
      • Jérôme Tonnerre(scenario and dialogue)
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    Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man. —Guy Bellinger
    • 1960s
    • petty bourgeois
    • soft boiled egg
    • class differences
    • spanish immigrant
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    • Trivia
      Philippe Le Guay took inspiration from his own childhood. His father was a stockbroker like Jean-Louis Joubert in the film and he himself had a Spanish maid.
    • Goofs
      In the street, most (if not all) men wear hats, caps or Basque berets. In France, most men stopped wearing headgear in the 1950s (in cities at least). By 1960, the vast majority of men were hatless.
    • Connections
      Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #2.13 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Itsi Bitsi, Petit Bikini
      (Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini)

      Music by Lee Pockriss

      English lyrics by Paul Vance

      French lyrics by Lucien Morisse and André Salvet

      Performed by Dalida

      © Emily Music Corporation and Music Sales Corporation

      Avec l'aimable autorisation de Campbell Connelly France

      (P) 1960 Barclay

      Avec l'autorisation de Universal Muis Vision

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    8/10
    Another good work by a winning duo
    Philippe Le Guay and Fabrice Luchini, two names that go together well, are more than ever synonymous with good quality comedy. If you want to have a good time, feel free to see the three films they collaborated on: "L'année Juliette" (1995), in which Luchini makes his life awfully complicated by inventing himself a mistress ; "Le coût de la vie" (2003), where Luchini makes his life ... awfully complicated by being too tight-fisted ; and coming now "Les femmes du 6e étage" (2010), with Luchini in yet another funny role in yet another well- written comedy signed Le Guay.

    This time Luchini is Jean-Louis Joubert, a Parisian stockbroker. Like Camille in "L'année Juliette" and Brett in "Le coût de la vie", the character he joyfully slips into is very imperfect and his defects and shortcomings are a sure source of laughter but, unlike in the two former films, Camille will evolve and open up to his true self, making him a more engaging hero than usual. The beginning of the movie illustrates to great effect the imperfect Jean-Louis living his regular but restricted life in his spacious luxury apartment. He is married to a stiff-necked socialite named Suzanne and has two arrogant teenage sons who, being boarders, are currently away from home. The climaxes of his life, besides making money out of thin air, are eating a perfectly cooked soft-boiled egg and being bullied by his old Breton maid. But things start changing once Suzanne hires Maria, a charming young Spanish maid. For some reason some day Jean-Louis follows Maria up the stairs to the sixth floor and discovers a "terra incognita", in other words the maid's rooms below the roofs and the strange people who inhabit them, a handful of female Spanish immigrants. Against all odds this reactionary grand bourgeois develops an instant liking for these women and for their civilization. And of course, he will fall for Maria, but not only because she is pretty, mainly because she belongs to the new world he has just discovered.

    A feel good movie in a way, "Les femmes du 6e étage" is much more than just that. It is also and none the less a committed film which, although set in the 1960s, denounces evils still plaguing today's society like, for example, the appalling way immigrants are exploited by their employers and ill-thought of by a majority of the natives of their "home" country, the selfishness of tourists who will not know about the political and social situation of the countries where they spend their holidays (1962's Spain can be replaced in the 2000s by Cuba, Egypt, Tunisia and many other countries)... Conversely the film is a call for tolerance and open-mindedness, for listening to one's heart rather than one's interest. But be reassured, this dimension, although crucial, remains underlying. There are no such things as preaching or political slogans, only a fine cocktail of good acting and tender humor. And sincerity. Did you know that for that matter that Philippe Le Guay had a Spanish maid when he was a kid and that his father was a broker just like Jean-Louis? Did you know that the actresses playing the maids are all Spanish and that some of them do not even speak French? That Luchini did not know a word of Spanish before starting the film? All these facts are good points which contribute to a welcome feeling of authenticity that enhances the film.

    To come back to Fabrice Luchini, he is at his best in "Les femmes du 6e étage" for two reasons: first because his character is three-dimensional and goes beyond caricature (if Jean-Louis is stiff, haughty and narrow-minded it is because he reproduces the values inculcated in him both by his parents and by his social class, not because he is rotten to the core) ; second because Fabrice shows the necessary restraint quite in keeping with the role. The result is just perfect. And the rest of the cast is on the par with him: Natalia Verbeke, fresh and adorable as Luchini's love interest ; Sandrine Kiberlain, excellent as Luchini's uptight but not so superficial wife ; and the impeccable ensemble of Spanish actresses, including Carmen Maura and Lola Dueñas (two Almodovar fixtures), Berta Ojea, Nuria Solé and Concha Galan, as the servants from Spain. Also to be acclaimed are Annie Mercier as the spiteful janitor and gloomy-faced Philippe du Janerand as Piquer, Luchini's right-hand man.

    Intelligent, sensitive and funny, "Les femmes du 6e étage", the third effort of the winning duo Le Guay-Luchini", deserves its success at the box-office and will not disppoint you.
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    • May 25, 2011

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Germany)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • French
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Altıncı Kattaki Kadınlar
    • Filming locations
      • Chinchón, Madrid, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Vendôme Production
      • France 2 Cinéma
      • SND Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $719,823
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $26,200
      • Oct 9, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $27,533,970
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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