Place Vendôme (film)

Place Vendôme is a 1998 film directed by Nicole Garcia

Nicole Garcia

Nicole Garcia is a French actress, film director and writer. Her film Selon Charlie was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Actress:*1968: Des garçons et des filles directed by Étienne Périer...

, starring Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...

, and named after the Place Vendôme

Place Vendôme

Place Vendôme is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point of the Rue de la Paix. Its regular architecture by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and pedimented screens canted across the...

 in Paris

Paris

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.

Deneuve won the Volpi Cup

Volpi Cup

The Volpi Cups are the principal awards given to actors at the Venice Film Festival. Formal acting awards were introduced in the second festival . Initially they were called Great Gold Medals of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment. The name Volpi Cup was introduced the following year...

 for Best Actress at Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

 for her role in the film.

Plot

Vincent Malivert is the head of a prestigious jewel broker’s firm on the exclusive Place Vendôme. Hampered by debt and implicated in trafficking of stolen jewels, he commits suicide, leaving his wife Marianne to pick up the pieces.

Marianne, who has spent the last few years in a clinic recovering from alcoholism, discovers a set of perfect cut diamonds in her husband’s safe. She decides to use this opportunity to rebuild her life and sets about trying to find a buyer for the forgotten jewels. Unwittingly, she is drawn to a shady dealer named Battistelli, the very man who drove her into a disastrous and loveless marriage.

Cast

• Catherine Deneuve
  Catherine Deneuve
  Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...
  
   - Marianne Malivert
• Jean-Pierre Bacri
  Jean-Pierre Bacri
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   - Jean-Pierre
• Emmanuelle Seigner
  Emmanuelle Seigner
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   - Nathalie
• Jacques Dutronc
  Jacques Dutronc
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   - Battistelli
• Bernard Fresson
  Bernard Fresson
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   - Vincent Malivert
• François Berléand
  François Berléand
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   - Eric Malivert
• Dragan Nikolic
  Dragan Nikolic (actor)
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   - Janos
• Larry Lamb
  Larry Lamb (actor)
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   - Christopher Makos
• Otto Tausig - Samy
• Julian Fellowes
  Julian Fellowes
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