The Women on the 6th Floor

• Fabrice Luchini: Jean -Louis Joubert
• Sandrine Kiberlain: Suzanne Joubert
• Natalia Verbeke: María Gonzalez
• Carmen Maura: Concepcion Ramirez
• Lola Dueñas: Carmen
• Berta Ojea: Dolores Carbalan
• Nuria Solé: Teresa
• Concha Galán: Pilar
• Marie- Armelle Deguy: Colette de Bergeret
• Muriel Solvay: Nicole de Grandcourt
• Audrey Fleurot: Bettina de Brossolette
• Annie Mercier: Woman Triboulet
• Michèle Gleizer: Germaine Bronech
• Camille Gigot: Bertrand Joubert
• Jean -Charles Deval: Olivier Joubert
• Philippe Duquesne: Gérard
• Christine Vézinet: Valentine
• Jeupeu: Plumbing Boulard
• Vincent Nemeth: Monsieur Armand
• Philippe du Janerand: Piquer
• Patrick Bonnel: Golmard
• Laurent Claret: Blamond

Only for staff! is a French comedy film directed by Philippe Le Guay from the year 2010.

Action

Paris 1962: Jean -Louis Joubert is the owner of a large middle class town house in an exclusive location in Paris. He has worked as an asset manager, his wife Suzanne spends the day with social obligations and both sons are during school hours on a boarding school. For 25 years, Germaine Bronech works with the family as a maid, now is not with the death of Joubert's mother and the associated changes in the home Joubert deal and announces. As in the higher society the more demanding French maids have gone out of fashion, Suzanne decides how her friend set a Spanish maid. As an "operator " is the church in which the Spanish women pray on Sundays. Suzanne here opts for the young Mary, who has come only recently to France. She is the niece of Concepción Ramirez, who works as a maid for a family in the house of Jean - Louis. Maria now applies a simple room with the other Spanish maid of the apartment building on the 6th floor.

Maria is initially set to the sample. Jean -Louis ' only request of you is to bring him soft-boiled eggs for breakfast, and Mary creates the perfect boiled egg. On the first day you also help all other Spaniards to do the broken-down house work the last few weeks in a day. Suzanne is thrilled and is a Mary. Jean -Louis makes use of a room on the 6th floor for storage. When he brings with Mary furniture up, he can show her her room, and is surprised that the Spanish women do not have a private bathroom, but to be able to wash out of a faucet with cold water. He also sees the constantly clogged toilet and immediately organized a plumber. As the maid Dolores is worried because she has not received any letters from her very pregnant sister more, Jean-Louis can make and receive calls from its private apparatus. She is overjoyed and her boss applies for them from now on as a saint.

Jean -Louis begins to be interested in Spain, the language and the culture. The fact that his attitude is not the norm, Maria learns as Joubert's sons come from boarding school and treat them disrespectfully. Jean -Louis, however, takes little later spontaneously attended a Sunday service of the Spaniards. His wife has since learned of her girlfriends over coffee gossip that Jean- Louis was responsible for the management of Bettina de Brossolettes assets. As Bettina precedes the call to love to seduce married men, Suzanne suspects a ratio of Jean -Louis to Bettina. She believes her suspicions confirmed, as Bettina also appears at a reception in their home, the Jean -Louis is for business friends. However, he has no eyes for Bettina, but rather for Mary, who is being harassed by a waiter set for that day. Because he believes that Mary was flirting with the man, he reprimands her and accuses her that she was only in the house because Suzanne cling to her. Marie is aware of any guilt and cooks him breakfast egg now be extra hard. She accuses him of being just a "patron " as everyone else. When Jean -Louis discovers that the maid Pilar is beaten by his man and best need a quiet concierge position in another house, he organized in such a place at one of his clients. Pilar invites him to the inauguration ceremony in her new apartment, and Jean -Louis enjoying the evening. Maria revised their opinion of him. Suzanne, in turn, is believed to have spent the evening with Bettina at an art opening, he was invited by her yet. When she does not believe him the evening with the maid, he says resignedly, actually to have been at Bettina. She throws him out of the apartment.

Jean -Louis moves into the storage room on the 6th floor and befriends with the Spanish women. Together they make a trip to the Sanctuary of Lisieux and dance and sing together. Futile attempt sons to bring Jean- Louis back to his apartment. He enjoys it, finally a room for to have their own. In addition, he developed a tender affection for Mary, which also Concepción is not hidden. She fears that Mary repeated an earlier failure: At the time she became pregnant by the master of the house and had her son Miguel after birth for adoption to share. Mary does not know what has become of him, but tells her Concepción now that the eight -year-old Miguel lives in a boarding school. Maria decides to give up her position at the Joubert and retrieve Miguel. While she announces with Suzanne, she does not bring it finished, Jean -Louis to tell the truth. He misinterprets their faltering intimation and kisses her. Both spend the night together and Jean -Louis paints out already that he would go along with her ​​to Spain. She travels from without saying goodbye the next morning. Jean -Louis announces his place and is already planning to escape with Mary, but learns from Suzanne that Mary is no longer in Paris. The fact that Mary's colleagues knew about her departure plans, but have not said anything to him, disappointed him very much, but he kept them for his friends.

Three years later, Jean -Louis by car in Spain on the go. He is looking at Concepción, have since been living in Spain. Jean -Louis hopes to learn from her the whereabouts of Maria, but she claims that Mary was moved away years ago. Only her husband reported Jean -Louis secretly, where Mary lives. Jean -Louis comes to the village and learns Maria's son Miguel know who shows him the way to Mary's house. She sees him as she just hangs laundry. Both radiation itself.

Production and publication

Only for staff! was shot in Paris and in the Spanish Chinchón. The film underwent 23 October 2010 at the Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier its premiere and came on February 16, 2011 in the French cinema. In Germany the film was shown for the first time in February 2011 at the Berlin International Film Festival out of competition and came on November 3, 2011 in the German cinemas. In April 2012, the film was released on DVD.

Criticism

For the filmdienst was only for staff! a " social and cultural opposites playing, light and a little fairytale told comedy with charming, spirited aufspielenden performers. " Cinema called the film " amusing, warm-hearted, cheerful " and described him as " the story of a man from social constraints liberated ". "A film like a snowflake: tender -melting, highly volatile, welcome ," wrote Der Spiegel.

Awards

Carmen Maura won a César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Concepción Ramirez, 2012. Pierre -François Limbosch was nominated Best Production Design for a César in the category and Christian Gasc received a César Award nomination for Best Costume Design.