The Chambermaid on the Titanic

The Chambermaid on the Titanic French La Femme de chambre du Titanic , Italian Limmagine del desiderio is a 1997 FrenchItalianSpanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna, starring Oliver Martinez, Romane Bohringer and Aitana SanchezGijon. It is based on the novel La Femme de chambre du Titanic by Didier Decoin. The film is known variously by its French title, La Femme de chambre du Titanic, and also by the shortened English title The Chambermaid, which was adopted in late August 1998 to avoid the impression that it was trying to cash in on the success of James Camerons popular film, Titanic, which was released the year before The Chambermaid on the Titanic made its US debut.

The night before the Titanic departs, Horty meets a beautiful young woman named Marie, who explains that she is a chambermaid aboard the Titanic. Marie has nowhere to sleep because all of the local hotels are full, and Horty agrees to share his room. Their encounter is seemingly chaste, with Marie sleeping in the bed while Horty spends the night in the armchair. However, in the middle of the night Marie tries to seduce him. Whether or not she succeeds is ambiguous, and she is gone when Horty awakes. Attending the departure of the Titanic, Horty spots a photographer taking a picture of Marie, and asks the photographer for the photo.Upon returning home, Horty finds that he has been promoted, but this good news is dampened by rumors of an affair between his wife, Zoe, and the foundry owner, Simeon. A bitter and jealous Horty visits a local bar to drown his sorrows. Drunk, he tells friends and coworkers about the lovely chambermaid he met in Southampton, earning him free drinks and tips. Following the sinking of the Titanic, Hortys tales become increasingly erotic, and the viewer is never sure what is truth and what is fantasy. ........

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