"I'll admit I may have seen better days, but I'm still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, "(Margo Channing)
Les femmes du 6ème étage
Les femmes du 6ème étage ( The Women on the 6th Floor) has an interesting plot. It's 1962 and Spanish maids (women who have left Franco's Spain) are all the rage amongst their Upper class Parisian "bosses".
In one apartment building a stuffy and repressed middle aged banker (Fabrice Luchini) is won over by the gaggle of Spanish "help" who inhabit the top floor and suddenly embarks on a voyage of discovery about himself and what he wants in life....
Sounds good? Yes I thought so... but apart from a rather winning Spanish Cast of despots (one of whoom Berta Ojea looks remarkable like a raven haired Clarissa Dixon Wright), the film really didn't work for me as the French lead (Luchini) seemed to be devoid of any charm or sympathy.
I was in the minority however, for as the credits rolled, and our uptight hero finally embraced his new found Spanish roots, the mainly elderly audience at Theatre Clwyd gave him an unexpected round of applause......
I was walking to the exit when they stared! 7/10
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Dahling... I believe you wasted your money. But... It did get you out of the cottage!
ReplyDeleteIs this one of those BBC Wales productions again?
ReplyDeleteSeeing a film is rarely a waste of money methinks...if you like it then your money is well spent, and if you don't, then as a film fan, you can talk about it or compare it or just acknowledge that you have to experience all sorts of stuff in order to be even handed when handing out plaudits.......mind you there are some times when I have been known to mutter 'well that's an hour and a half of my life I wasted and won't get back..' and maybe the elderly audience were just amazed and envious of your speed and agility John.
ReplyDeleteI love it when a film inspires a round of applause.. I like it in aircraft landings too !
ReplyDeleteFabrice Luchini - a fabulous French star!
ReplyDeletemiscast in this and he has very bad dentures
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