Fresh
All in all-if all is meant moderately-the story leaves an agreeable aftertaste, which lingers longer than we expected.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
The Women on the 6th Floor
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2011 · 1h 46m · Not Rated
Comedy
Directed by
Philippe Le Guay
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The Women on the 6th Floor
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Philippe Le Guay Director
- Fabrice Luchini as Jean-Louis Joubert
- Sandrine Kiberlain as Suzanne Joubert
- Natalia Verbeke as Maria
- Carmen Maura as Concepcion
- Lola Dueñas as Carmen
- Berta Ojea as Dolores
- Concha Galán as Pilar
- Marie-Armelle Deguy as Colette de Bergeret
- Muriel Solvay as Nicole de Grandcourt
- Audrey Fleurot as Bettina de Brossolette
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film sidesteps all complexities and leaves us with a closing shot that should come with a bucket.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
The film doesn't blaze adventurous new trails, but it dramatizes the stories of those underappreciated servants with an engaging mix of romance, droll humor and upstairs-downstairs social consciousness.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
A sweet yet occasionally heavy-handed comedy about class relations in 1962 Paris...
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
[It] has drama, comedy, romance and class politics. It also introduces an element of ethnic prejudice to the mix.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
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