The Housekeeper

One of France's most respected filmmakers, Claude Berri here brings viewers the story of Jacques (Jean-Pierre Bacri) a middle-aged sound engineer whose wife has just left him. Living on his own for the first time in years, Jacques decides it's high time to clean up his life, literally and ...more

The Housekeeper is sufficiently well crafted that it succeeds despite its limitations. The film's premise isn't all that original and certain aspects of the May/December relationship between Jacques (Jean-Pierre Bacri) and Laura (Emilie Dequenne) conform too much to expectations; for example, the younger woman has to be the one who's vivacious and enjoys trashy television and pop music, while the older man has to be the one who's relatively stodgy and enjoys classical music and Russian ...more