The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)

Original title

Les Femmes du 6e étage

Directed by

Philippe Le Guay

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

e 12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 413 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1960s Paris, a wealthy stockbroker becomes close with the Spanish maids who work in his building. The film contrasts the empty social lives of the rich with the lively solidarity of the servants.

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What happens

The Women on the 6th Floor (French: Les Femmes du 6e étage; also known as Service Entrance) is a 2010 French film directed and part-written by Philippe Le Guay. Principal roles are taken by Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke and Carmen Maura. Set in Paris in 1962, the story alternates between two different worlds. One is a traditional wealthy family in a comfortable apartment, whose lives are devoted to making money and meaningless socialising. The other is the underpaid and overworked domestic servants living in cramped conditions above them. As few French people want such work, the jobs are taken by Spanish women, eager to escape the poverty and oppression of Francoist Spain, who bring with them their native solidarity and human warmth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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