Place Vendôme (film)

• Catherine Deneuve: Marianne Malivert
• Jean -Pierre Bacri Jean- Pierre
• Emmanuelle Seigner: Nathalie
• Jacques Dutronc: Battistelli
• Bernard Fresson: Vincent Malivert
• François Berléand: Eric Malivert
• Dragan Nikolić: Janos
• Otto Tausig: Samy
• László Szabó: Charlie Rose
• Elisabeth Commelin: Mademoiselle Pierson
• Philippe CLEVENOT: Kleiser
• Malik Zidi: Samy's son
• Eric Reputation: Phillipe Ternece
• Nidal Al- Askhar: Saliha
• Larry Lamb: Christopher Makos
• Julian Fellowes: Wajman
• Michael Culkin: Employees of Malivert

Place Vendôme, also known as Place Vendôme - Hot Diamonds, is a French film drama starring Catherine Deneuve in 1998, which takes place in Paris at the same place.

Action

At the prestigious Place Vendome in Paris Vincent Malivert together with his brother Eric a jewelry store. As a diamond dealer Vincent does have a good reputation, but there is increasing evidence that it also sells stolen diamond. In addition, he has made debt. When the allegations against him are always serious and creditors demand their money, he commits suicide by racing his car into a truck. His wife Marianne was once also a talented jewel seller. However, alcohol and depression put an end to their careers. Since then, she spends most of the year in a clinic. Vincent's attractive assistant Nathalie leaves meanwhile her lover Jean -Pierre, who has lost his license as an attorney for theft, and is instead with the slide Battistelli.

When Eric Malivert wants to sell the jewelry store to a foreign company to avoid bankruptcy, Marianne refuses to sign the necessary papers. She is determined to carry on the business, it gives her but the incentive to stop drinking and to finally overcome their depression. In a hidden safe they found seven perfectly cut diamonds that Vincent had deprived the creditors. The apparently stolen diamonds for sale, however, there is to be more difficult than expected, especially since others are behind the precious stones ago, without wanting to pay for them.

In their search for potential buyers rattles Marianne countless hotels, cafes and gem markets from Paris and Antwerp. They meet again on Jean- Pierre, who was quoted by a certain Wajman on it. Marianne finally spends a night with Jean -Pierre. However, when she realizes that they have not taken randomly, she turns away from him. Then she learns that Battistelli also wants to bring the stones in his possession. Battistelli, who also maintains contacts with the Russian mafia, uses his mistress Nathalie, to get at the stones. As it turns out, Nathalie, who sees the young Marianne similar, also had an affair with Vincent. Marianne finally tested for Nathalie and informs them about their connection to Battistelli: Many years ago, Marianne had had with Battistelli a relationship. Together they wanted to sell stolen jewels. When, however, flew their illegal goings, Battistelli Marianne let sit. While he was able to escape, Marianne should be taken solely accountable. As the legal owner of the jewels Vincent Malivert turned out that ultimately gave up a display and the beautiful Marianne instead took to wife. Given their dismal marriage to Vincent fell Marianne once the alcohol.

Wajman which is Battistelli on the heels, forcing Marianne, Battistelli zuzustecken the diamonds to him then arrest them. At their meeting in a cafe Marianne warns her former lover before Wajman. Together they flee to Ostend, where they spend the night in a hotel in separate beds. Both a see that they were not made ​​for each other, and Marianne entertains no longer grudge against him. Battistelli, who believes he can do with Wajman a business, inform the latter of his whereabouts. Marianne goes Meanwhile, on the beach of Ostend along where she meets Jean- Pierre, who has fallen in love with her.

Background

The shooting took place in Paris and in Antwerp and Ostend, along the eponymous Place Vendôme. The production costs were converted to 9.3 million euros.

Place Vendôme celebrated in September 1998 premiere at the 55th International Film Festival in Venice, where the film took part in the competition for the Golden Lion and Catherine Deneuve was honored for her performance with the Coppa Volpi. On 7 October 1998, the film drama came in the French cinema. More than 900,000 people watched the film there. In the Cesar Awards in 1999 Place Vendôme was in twelve categories, including nominated for Best Picture, for the French film award, but went against films like Love life and Who Love Me Can Take the train completely empty and was so until 2013 the film with the most César nominations without a win. In Germany the melodrama on 6 May 1999 was published. The jury of the German Film and Media Review gave the film the title " particularly valuable ". In 2000 and again in 2008, the film was released on DVD.

Reviews

For the lexicon of international film Place Vendôme was " [e ] in impressively played drama that suffers from the weaknesses of the monologue -heavy script and the deliberate over complexity ". Only occasionally flashes " directorial finesse ". Cinema was that the film allows the audience "liked" that right, the " My Favorite Season and Mildred Pierce liked " because come out was a " [m ] elancholisches melodrama ". According prism if it were " [ m] oreover, small detective story with an excellent Catherine Deneuve ". The film, however, as " a lot of [e ] lengths " on. At the outset it "man yawning at hand." It would last just too long, "until one is interested in the characters ."

Awards

César

Nominated:

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Nicole Garcia )
• Best Actress ( Catherine Deneuve )
• Best Supporting Actor (Jacques Dutronc )
• Best Supporting Actor ( Bernard Fresson )
• Best Supporting Actress ( Emmanuelle Seigner )
• Best Cinematography ( Laurent Dailland )
• Best Editing ( Luc Barnier, Françoise Bonnot )
• Best Screenplay (Nicole Garcia, Jacques Fieschi )
• Best Costumes ( Nathalie du Roscoat, Elizabeth Tavernier )
• Best Art Direction ( Thierry Flamand )
• Best Sound (Jean -Pierre Duret, Dominique Hennequin )

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German version

The German synchronous processing was made for the first publication in German cinema (6 May 1999).