Product Details

• Actors: Vincent Elbaz, Patrick Floersheim, Patrick Timsit, Laetitia Casta, Catherine Mouchet
• Directors: Patrice Leconte
• Producers: Love Street ( Rue des plaisirs ), Love Street, Rue des plaisirs
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Fox
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000BX1CMG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,080 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), French ( Dolby DTS 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary, Featurette, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Teaser(s), Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Patrice Leconte directs the period drama Rue des Plaisirs, set in Paris during the 1940s. Born to a prostitute, Petit Louis (Patrick Timsit) grows up in a brothel called the Oriental Palace. He is raised by the family of prostitutes and eventually becomes the brothel's handyman. Having developed an idealized romantic nature, Petit Louis instantly falls in love with the new girl, Marion (supermodel Laetitia Casta). Though she doesn't return his affections, he shows his love by finding her auditions to develop her singing career. He also tries to find her the perfect mate in Dimitri Josco (Vincent Elbaz), who ends up being less than expected. After the end of World War II, the government shuts down the brothels just as Marion, Petit Louis, and Dimitri find themselves in trouble.
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Customer Reviews

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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pigalle Dany Rose, June 20, 2007

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Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Street (Rue Des Plaisirs) (DVD)

Rue des Plaisirs is one of Patrice Leconte's occasional misfires. Framed as `Pigalle Dany Rose,' with a trio of streetwalkers on a rainy street relaying the story of the son of a prostitute who determines to find the right man to make the new girl at the brothel where he was raised happy, there's more than a touch of The Hairdresser's Husband to it, not least in the intercutting of Patrick Timsit's character as man and child, but there's none of the sensuality despite some potentially promising setups. Among the chief problems is Laetitia Casta, who simply lacks the presence or allure to make the role work: her manner is generally sullen, her acting poor and her singing voice weak, so it's hard to see what the attraction is for such a one-note personality and little surprise that there's not a hint of chemistry with either of her leading men. Still, as Leconte has said in the past, the advantage of making relatively short feature films is that if you bore the audience, at least you don't bore them for that long.

If you don't speak French, be sure to only order the Canadian DVD since the French DVD has no English subtitles. Seville's Canadian DVD boasts a nice 2.35:1 widescreen transfer with optional English subtitles plus an unsubtitled 45-minute documentary (where Casta displays all the lightness and appeal that she so sorely lacks in the feature) and the original French trailer.