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6.3/10
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After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order.After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order.After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Émilie Dequenne
- Laura
- (as Emilie Dequenne)
Daniel Humair
- Musicien
- (as H.U.M.)
Pierre Michelot
- Musicien
- (as H.U.M.)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- GoofsAt the end of the film, goes for a swim. When she returns to the beach, she is wearing a completely different bathing suit.
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Filling the gaps, The Housekeeper tempts the spectator while cheats on him.
The best thing coming from this Berri film is that plausibility and prediction conspire to improve a weak plot. The spectator, however, gets the surprise of his life when, in a sudden twist, the film reveals he has been watching the wrong movie. Give the kudos to the actors: sexily believable and deceitfully ordinary. Jacques and Laura, the main characters in this autumn-spring old line plot, early show their true self. She, young and beautiful, knows he is in a middle of a sentimental crisis. He, mature and confused, is never deceived by her egotist intentions. A sexual relationship is sure to occur, and so it does. But, it comes as a strange mix of feelings and desires, that the film never gets it clear. That's the relevance of this story: life cannot be deconstructed and explained in terms of art. Just the mirror, as the good Stendhal knew almost two centuries ago. Une femme de menage (more explicative than the English title) is a quiet thought on the passing of chances and the options we make; and a lecture on the futility of adapting our expectations to a self-deceitful sense of self-importance.
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- donofrio08
- Jul 28, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Housekeeper
- Filming locations
- Rue de Buci, Paris 6, Paris, France(Jacque's neighborhood)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $467,288
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $42,083
- Jul 13, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $4,719,781
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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