
Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England, Marie, saying she is a chambermaid on the Titanic and cannot get a room, asks to share his room. They do, chastely; when he awakens, she is gone, but he sees her at the sailing and gets a photo of her. When he returns home, he suspects that his wife Zoe has been sleeping with Simeon, the foundry owner. Horty goes to the bar, where his friends get him drunk and he starts t... (Full plot summary below)
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Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England, Marie, saying she is a chambermaid on the Titanic and cannot get a room, asks to share his room. They do, chastely; when he awakens, she is gone, but he sees her at the sailing and gets a photo of her. When he returns home, he suspects that his wife Zoe has been sleeping with Simeon, the foundry owner. Horty goes to the bar, where his friends get him drunk and he starts telling an erotic fantasy of what happened with him and Marie, drawing a larger audience each night.
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| Critics Inc./America OnlineBrandon JudellOverwhelmingly romantic, subtly cynical, and constantly entertaining, "The Chambermaid and the Titanic" is an example of how to make a superb film for less than $200 million. |
| User ReviewPrivate UThis foreign film has a very unusual plot. The story is humorous, romantic and quirky - with gorgeous Olivier Martinez in the lead. It is hard to find. European retailers (Euro Amazon?) might be able to get it for you. |
| User ReviewMichael TFanciful French film starts out well but quickly loses its way. |
| User ReviewLeonardo - Malacay - Suna excelente puesta en escena y una historia hasta bonita pero le hace falta algo |
| User ReviewAndrea VI really don't like this movie, as far as story goes. But the acting is good and the cinematography is great. |
| User ReviewDann MThe Chambermaid on the Titanic is a pretentious French art film that explores the power of storytelling. When a factory worker named Horty wins a ticket to go see the launching of the new luxury liner RMS Titanic, he returns with a tantalizing tale of a night that he spent with one of the ship's chambermaids, and with each telling the tale grows, attracting more and more people to come hear his stories. Olivier Martinez and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon give fairly strong performances and have impressive on-screen chemistry. However, the script (particularly the dialog) is poorly written. And the director doesn't do a very good job at selling the romanticism and passion of Horty's storytelling. Additionally, a lot of the satire and humor falls flat, and the special effects are horrendous (especially the Titanic models and graphics). Incredibly disappointing, The Chambermaid on the Titanic lacks focus and doesn't know what kind of film it wants to be. |
| User ReviewFrances HQuite possibly the first Bigas Luna movie that you could almost watch with your mom. It's also surprisingly the least entertaining movie of his that I've seen so far. Well I've really only seen 2 of them and those 2 you definitely couldn't watch with your mom. Unfortunately, this is also a little on the boring side. So, the lesson is that you sometimes shouldn't waste time watching stuff you can watch with your mom. |
| User ReviewWS W[La Femme de chambre du Titanic] is a French movie made in 1997. The plot synopsis above is just wrong. Nevertheless, this film was quite- awful. Seriously, what the f#%& is this? |