Faubourg St Martin (1986)
Directed by Jean-Claude Guiguet

Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

Madame Coppercage is the queen of her domain, which she rules with tact and panache.  Her principality is a three star hotel in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.  Among her customers are three women, who have each been marked by the vicissitudes life in different ways.  Madame Coppercage cannot help taking an interest in these three women, totally unaware of the dramatic turn of events that is to come...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean-Claude Guiguet
  • Script: Jean-Claude Guiguet
  • Cinematographer: Alain Levent
  • Music: Sergio Tomassi
  • Cast: Patachou (Madame Coppercage), Françoise Fabian (La Marquise), Marie-Christine Rousseau (Marie), Stéphane Jobert (Paul), Emmanuel Lemoine (François), Ingrid Bourgoin (Suzanne), Patrick Couet (André), Chantal Delsaux (Marianne), Valérie Jeannet (Valérie), Renaud Victor (L'inspecteur de police), Greg Germain (L'Antillais), Howard Vernon (Le Clients Grincheux), Philippe de Poix (Le Clients Grincheux), Vincent Ducastel (Marc), Paulette Bouvet (Une Passante), Marcel Gassouk (Le Fleuriste), Joseph Sayag (Homme Entrepôt), Jacqueline Noëlle (La cliente aimable), Patrick Michaelis (Les Cadres), Michel Baltiglier (Les Cadres)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French / English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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