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User Rating:
6.0/10   241 votes
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Director:
Frank Van Passel
Writers:
Christophe Dirickx (writer)
Willem Elsschot (novel)
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Release Date:
27 February 2002 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Louise Créteur's husband dies on the Titanic trying to emigrate, so she must leave their boy Lucien... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
not the best Frank Van Passel more (12 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Julie Delpy ... Louise Créteur

Shaun Dingwall ... Richard Grünewald
Harriet Walter ... Olive Burrell

Shirley Henderson ... Ella
Timothy West ... Hugh Burrell
Frank Vercruyssen ... Aasgaard
Toni Barry ... Mrs. Bunny Wimhurst
Jan Decleir ... Monsieur Brizard
Dora van der Groen ... Mrs. Gendron
Albert Delpy ... Antoine Créteur
Stéphane Excoffier ... Jeanne de Keros

Rifka Lodeizen ... Radsky

Halina Reijn ... Natsje
Maya van den Broecke ... Anna Kuprinski
Gary Whelan ... Mr. O'Connor
Alfredo Pea ... Mr. Craxi
John Dobrynine ... Eustache Lejeune
Simon Chefnourry ... Lucien
Jean Hayet ... Maurice
Michel Franssen ... Bernard
Michel Jurowicz ... Bellboy
Fred Van Kuyk ... Compére
Phil Kaizer ... German officer
Chris Anthony ... Postman
Léo Dherte ... Newspaperboy
Malkiel Golomb ... Newspaperboy
François Brice ... Waiter
Peter van den Eede ... Le Pétomane
Bernard Marbaix ... Mr. Perret
Philippe Vincent ... Conductor
De Nieuwe Snaar ... Orchestra
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Directed by
Frank Van Passel 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Christophe Dirickx  writer
Willem Elsschot  novel
Frank Van Passel  writer

Produced by
Julie Baines .... co-producer
Wilfried Depeweg .... associate producer
Dirk Impens .... producer
Jason Newmark .... associate producer
Jani Thiltges .... associate producer
Els Vandevorst .... co-producer (as Els Van De Vorst)
Rudy Verzyck .... producer
Claude Waringo .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Paul M. van Brugge 
 
Cinematography by
Jan Vancaillie 
 
Film Editing by
Ludo Troch 
Karin Vaerenberg 
 
Casting by
Gerda Diddens 
Job Gosschalk 
Emma Style 
 
Production Design by
Willem Klewais 
 
Art Direction by
Johan Van Essche 
 
Set Decoration by
Hendrik Van Kets 
 
Costume Design by
Marianne Agertoft 
Kristin Van Passel 
 
Makeup Department
Marco Chiodi .... makeup artist
Frank Declercq .... makeup artist
Christine De Keukelaere .... makeup artist
Cathy Folmer .... makeup artist
Frank Hard .... makeup artist
Mariël Hoevenaars .... hair designer (as Mariël Hoevenaers)
Mariël Hoevenaars .... makeup designer (as Mariël Hoevenaers)
Ineke Ramakers .... makeup artist
Ghislaine Soisson .... makeup artist
Wendy Van De Cruys .... makeup artist
Ingeborg Van Eetvelde .... hair designer
Ingeborg Van Eetvelde .... makeup designer
Annemie Van Haverbeke .... makeup artist
Frank Van Wolleghem .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fons Feyaerts .... assistant director
Valentina Katina-Chistova .... assistant director (as Valentina Katina)
Valérie Schiel .... assistant director
Eddy Stevesyns .... assistant director
Martine Temmerman .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Douglas Boswell .... set dresser
Edouard Pallardy .... painter decorator
 
Sound Department
Dirk Bombey .... boom operator
Peter Flamman .... sound designer
Peter Flamman .... sound
Philippe Kohn .... second boom operator
Orm Sobrino .... sound editor
Carlo Thoss .... sound engineer
Wart Wamsteker .... sound editor
Wart Wamsteker .... sound effects
 
Special Effects by
Olivier de Laveleye .... special effects
Marie Pierre Franck .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Yves Delforge .... visual effects
Matthias Huret .... visual effects
Francis Schmets .... visual effects
Ann Vandenbussche .... visual effects
 
Stunts
Roland Goddijn .... stunt double
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Graham Johnston .... second assistant camera
Jean-Paul Kieffer .... still photographer
Wim Temmerman .... electrician
Stéphane Thiry .... key grip
Christophe Vanhoutte .... electrician
Dirk Van Rampelbergh .... electrician
 
Editorial Department
Petro van Leeuwen .... color timer
 
Transportation Department
Joe Kotroczo .... driver
 
Other crew
Patrick Blocman .... location runner
Tamara Degrève .... production intern
Joe Kotroczo .... production assistant
Ragna Arny Larusdottir .... production coordinator
Claude Ludovicy .... location manager
Beatrice Pettovich .... assistant location manager
Raf Reyntjens .... set location manager
Sofie Tusschans .... location manager
Peter Van den Borre .... location manager
Kim Wyns .... location manager
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including an abortion scene, some sexuality, brief strong language and nudity.
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Runtime:
118 min | Belgium:120 min
Country:
Belgium | Luxembourg | UK | Netherlands
Language:
French | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 | UK:12
Filming Locations:
Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium more
Company:
Favourite Films more

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Trivia:
Some old panoramic postcards were used to turn into live images. more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
not the best Frank Van Passel, 3 March 2002
7/10
Author: Jan from aalter, belgium

Frank Van Passel proves again he is one of Belgiums leading directors. Once again, the crew he uses is very talented, he has some big international stars in the film (some), and the film is an adaptation of Willem Elschot classic novel. You can understand, we have been waiting for it. But Frank van Passel fails in this adaptation (or is it screenwriter Christophe Dirickx, who hasn't been very impressionating any more for some years).

The novel is a tipical multi plot story about the guests of an old pension in Paris. Christophe Dirickx and Frank Van Passel choosed to pick out one story line, and to minimize or forget the others. They tri to tell a little and painfull love story about a young servant and a german guest in an old paris hotel in 1913. Sure the story is painfull, but not always as it was ment to be. They meet, the seem to fall in love, 3 minutes later Grunewald (the german guest) seems to have lost his interest in the girl, they have some emotional conflict (Grunewald still loves her?) and the world war one begins and ends the story.

During this film you keep on asking the question why. Why do they fall in love in the first place? Why does she has to give up her father and son for grunewald? Why does grunewald believes they can't live together when they love eachother so much? You don't get any answer, and as a result of this, you lose interest in the story.

Maybe, Villa des Roses just doesn't work as a movie, maybe some novels can't be translated to the screen. But I lost the trust I had in Christophe Dirickx since Manneke Pis, Frank Van Passels debut. There are just to many holes in this script. To many personages disapear before they are properly introduced, like the abandond girlfriend of one of the guest, who we see for the first time the moment she has to leave the pension. Or the "nurse" who "helpes" the couple with an abortion, and then seems to live in the pension?

Not a bad film after all, thanks to the talent of Frank Van Passel and dop Jan van Caille. But after Manneke Pis and Terug naar Oosterdonk, never the less a disapointment. 7 out of 10

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