Place Vendôme is a 1998 French crime drama film directed by Nicole Garcia, starring Catherine Deneuve, and named after the Place Vendôme in Paris.

Deneuve won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 55th Venice International Film Festival 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 and out of a clinic recovering from alcoholism, discovers a set of perfect cut diamonds in her husband s safe. Although she knows the diamonds are probably stolen, she decides to use this opportunity to rebuild her life and sets about trying to find a buyer for the hidden 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 as Marianne Malivert
• Jean-Pierre Bacri as Jean-Pierre
• Emmanuelle Seigner as Nathalie
• Jacques Dutronc as Serge Battistelli
• Bernard Fresson as Vincent Malivert
• François Berléand as Eric Malivert
• Dragan Nikolić as Janos
• Larry Lamb as Christopher Makos
• Otto Tausig as Samy
• László Szabó as Charlie Rosen
• Elisabeth Commelin as Mademoiselle Pierson
• Philippe Clévenot as Kleiser
• Malik Zidi as Sam s Son
• Éric Ruf as Phillipe Ternece
• Nidal Al-Askhar as Saliha
• Julian Fellowes as Wajman
• Michael Culkin as De Beers Man

Reception and critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Place Vendôme holds an approval rating of 85%, based on 20 reviews, and an average rating of 6.6/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating Generally favorable reviews .

In the New York Times, David Kehr wrote, despite its many flaws, the film never loses its focus on its fascinating central figure. Grandly suffering, grandly triumphant or just plain grand, Ms. Deneuve is a spectacle to behold. Lisa Nesselson of the Variety Magazine said that the film is an elaborate and elegant suspenser that gives Catherine Deneuve plenty of leeway to act up a storm, Place Vendome features coveted gemstones, the no-nonsense factions that want them and a woman s revised take on her own destiny, played out against luxurious backdrops .

Roger Ebert gave the film a score of 3.5 out of 5.

Year	1998
ReleaseDate	1998-10-07
RuntimeMins	117
RuntimeStr	1h 57min
Plot	Realising a dishonest deal has been found out a diamond merchant commits suicide, leaving the gems in question for his wife. Knowing the business from the time before drink largely took over her life, she decides to sober up and sell them herself. Though they attract much interest, no-one legitimate will touch them. As she tries to get her present life straight the lu… Read all
Awards	Awards, 1 win & 13 nominations
Directors	Nicole Garcia
Writers	Jacques Fieschi, Nicole Garcia
Stars	Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner
Produced by	Christine Gozlan,Pascal Judelewicz,Alain Sarde,Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Music by	Richard Robbins
Cinematography by	Laurent Dailland
Film Editing by	Luc Barnier,Françoise Bonnot,Jean-François Naudon
Casting By	Lucy Boulting,Mirta Guarnaschelli,Frédérique Moidon
Production Design by	Thierry Flamand
Art Direction by	Thierry Flamand
Set Decoration by	Bernadette Saint Loubert
Costume Design by	Nathalie du Roscoat,Elisabeth Tavernier
Makeup Department	Loli Avellanas,Laurence Azouvy,Caroline Bufalini,Sylvie Duval,Cédric Gérard,Agathe Moro,Christophe Robin,Hervé Soulié
Production Management	Marco Dellamula,Nicolas Fagard,François Hamel,François Menny,Peter Van den Borre
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Bruno Chauris,Douglas Law,Laurent Lemarchand,Pierre Minot,Mathieu Thouvenot
Art Department	Luc Compère,Bruno de Dieuleveult,Marie Desforge,Valérie Guilbaud,Denis Hager,Alain Mac Keldey,Thierry Lautout,Anne Millorit,Jean-Philippe Reverdot,Bernadette Saint Loubert,Manuel Swieton,Christine Teulier,Alain Veyssier
Sound Department	Jean-François Auger,Jacques Ballay,Olivier Burgaud,Jacques Descomps,Jean-Pierre Duret,Dominique Hennequin,Jean-Paul Hurier,Emmanuelle Lalande,Anne Le Campion,Hélène Le Morvan,Jean-Louis Lebras,Jean-Pierre Lelong,Jacques Lévy,Françoise Maulny,Mario Melchiorri,Christophe Pinel,Cécile Ranc,Marie-Christine Ratel,Guillaume Rouan,Hervé Roux
Special Effects by	Bellali Larbi,François Philippi,Yves Pupulin
Camera and Electrical Department	Olivier Banon,Philippe Camus,Olivier Caroff,Mathieu Caudroy,Touffik Chih,Patrick de Ranter,Gil Fontbonne,Marie Gennesseaux,Philippe Giblin,Frédérick Grosso,Moune Jamet,Jean-Bernard Josko,Alain Masseron,Valentin Monge,Olivier Neveu,Pascal Pajaud,Catherine Pujol,Eric Sacher,Nicolas Sommermeyer,Caroline Swarowsky
Casting Department	Dan Berthier,Kim Deschacht,Laurent Soulet
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Marie-José Escolar,Christiane Fageol,Marine Orfino,Khadija Zeggaï
Editorial Department	Tina Baz,Miguel Bejo,Olivier Fontenay,Franck Nakache,Albane Penaranda,Julia Gregory
Location Management	Christophe Graziani,Peter Van den Borre
Music Department	Geoff Alexander,Didier Lizé,Richard Robbins,Kirsty Whalley
Script and Continuity Department	Carole-Marie Ifi,Sylvie Koechlin
Additional Crew	François Bernard,Bernard Caroff,Claude Dallet,Audrey Mery,Dominique Segall,Vincent Stevenel,Nicolas Ronchi
Genres	Crime, Drama
Companies	Les Films Alain Sarde, TF1 Films Production, Les Films de l’Etang
Countries	France
Languages	French, English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6.1
ImDbRatingVotes	2381
MetacriticRating	74
Keywords	drunkenness,flashback,betrayal,personal recovery,generational conflict