Villa des Roses

Villa des Roses is a 2002 film by Frank Van Passel, adapted from the 1913 novella by Belgian writer Willem Elsschot and starring Julie Delpy, Shaun Dingwall, Shirley Henderson, Timothy West, Harriet Walter and Albert Delpy. It won Best Feature at the Hollywood Film Festival and was nominated for three awards at the British Independent Film Awards.^[1]

Villa des Roses
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Van Passel
Based on	Villa des Roses by Willem Elsschot
Starring	Julie Delpy Shaun Dingwall
Release date	2002 (2002)
Language	English

Delpy plays Louise, a young widow who starts work just before the First World War as a maid at the dilapidated Villa des Roses, an English-owned guest house in Paris, where she falls in love with a German artist played by Dingwall.^[2]

Cast

• Julie Delpy as Louise Créteur
• Shaun Dingwall as Richard Grünewald
• Harriet Walter as Olive Burrell
• Shirley Henderson as Ella
• Timothy West as Hugh Burrell
• Frank Vercruyssen as Aasgaard
• Toni Barry as Mrs. Bunny Wimhurst
• Jan Decleir as Monsieur Brizard
• Dora van der Groen as Mrs. Gendron
• Albert Delpy as Antoine Créteur
• Stéphane Excoffier as Jeanne de Keros
• Rifka Lodeizen as Radsky
• Halina Reijn as Natsje
• Maya van den Broecke as Anna Kuprinski
• Gary Whelan as Mr. O'Connor
• Alfredo Pea as Mr. Craxi
• John Dobrynine as Eustache Lejeune

References

1. Hunter, Allan (21 October 2002). "Villa Des Roses". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
2. Neill, Heather (13 October 2002). "Mistress of the roles". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 29 November 2009.^{[dead link]}

External links

• Villa des Roses at IMDb