Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time Screening
Conservative and tyrannical Jean-Louis Joubert, played by Fabrice Luchini (“Potiche,” “My Father’s Guests”, “Molière”), is unhappily married to Suzanne, a neurotic Parisian socialite (Sandrine Kiberlain, “Mademoiselle Chambon”, “A Self-Made Hero,” “For Sale”). Enter a group of buoyant Spanish maids, refugees of the Franco regime, who live in the servants’ quarters on the sixth floor of their building. Among them are Concepción (Carmen Maura, “Volver,” “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”) and her niece María (Natalia Verbeke, “The Method,” “Dot the I”). When the family maid suddenly walks out, Suzanne and Jean-Louis hire
María and life is about to change. Presented out of competition at the 2011 Berlinale, SERVICE ENTRANCE is already a critical and commercial success in France. …. synopsis courtesy of ColCoa Festival, Los Angeles, April 2011
Writers: Philippe Le Guay, Jérôme Tonnerre
Director: Philippe Le Guay
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Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 104 min.
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Rating: Not Rated
FESTIVALS: Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, France ; Berlin International Film Festival, Germany; Rendezvous with French Cinema, New York; Col-Coa, Los Angeles
“Featuring strong support from veteran Almodóvar muses Carmen Maura and Lola Dueñas, Service Entrance is, in any language, a big-hearted delight.” – Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2011
