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Place Vendôme

1998 · 117 min

A quiet, somber character study that unfolds slowly, balancing the cold glitter of diamonds with a fragile, hard-won emotional recovery.

Directed by
Nicole Garcia
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner
Overview
The story of a woman that remained distracted for a long time from her life, from the passions that made her feel alive. The importance of true love is compared with the material value of diamonds. Only one truly lasts forever. She's got to find the thing that values most for her, the thing that gives psychical stability and real happiness again to her life.

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Directed by
Nicole Garcia
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • grief
  • identity
  • crime
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Nicole Garcia
Written by
Jacques Fieschi, Nicole Garcia
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jacques Dutronc, Bernard Fresson, François Berléand, Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić, Otto Tausig
Music
Richard Robbins
Cinematography
Laurent Dailland
Runtime
117 min
Country
France
Languages
English, French

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