''Quadrille'' is a 1997 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by and starring

Valérie Lemercier Valérie Lemercier (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, director and singer. Life and career Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime as the daughter of farmers, Lemercier grew up in Gonzeville and then studied at the Rouen Conservato ...

. It also features

André Dussollier André Dussollier (born 17 February 1946) is a French actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as f ...

Sandrine Kiberlain Sandrine Kiberlain (born Sandrine Kiberlajn; 25 February 1968) is a French actress and singer. Her most notable roles were in the films '' The Patriots'' (1994), '' A Self Made Hero'' (1996), ''For Sale'' (1998), ''Alias Betty'' (2001), ''Madem ...

and

Sergio Castellitto Sergio Castellitto (born 18 August 1953) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. Biography Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953, to parents from Molise and Abruzzo, Southern Italy. After graduating from the Silvio D'Amico Na ...

.Tarr & Rollet p.189 It is a remake of

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follow ...

's 1938 film of the same title.

Cast

as Paulette Nanteuil *

as Philippe de Morannes *

as Claudine André *

as Carl Herickson * Didier Bénureau as Doctor Lamache *

Franck de la Personne Franck Lapersonne (a.k.a. Franck de la Personne) (born 29 October 1963) is a French comedian, actor theatre director, and political candidate. Personal life Franck de la Personne is the son of Jacques Lapersonne and Jacqueline Charlotte Poinson. ...

as The majordome *

Lise Lamétrie Lise may refer to: People *Eliseo Nicolás Alonso (known as Lise; 1955–2012), Spanish woodcarver and sculptor *Claude Lise (born 1941), French politician from Martinique Given name Lise is a variant of the given name Lisa *Lise de Baissac, Maur ...

as The maid * Michelle Dagain as The maid 2 * Nicolas Seguy as The groom * Michel Jean as The porter * Emmanuel Benjamin as The butler

References

Bibliography

* Carrie Tarr & Brigitte Rollet. ''Cinema and the Second Sex: Women's Filmmaking in France in the 1980s and 1990s''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016.

External links

* 1997 films French comedy films 1997 comedy films 1990s French-language films Films based on works by Sacha Guitry Films directed by Valérie Lemercier Films set in Paris 1990s French films Remakes of French films {{1990s-France-film-stub