Villa des Roses

Directed byFrank Van Passel

Screenplay byChristophe Dirickx

Based onVilla des Roses by Willem Elsschot

Produced byDirk Impens
Rudy Verzyck

Villa des Roses
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Van Passel
Screenplay by	Christophe Dirickx
Based on	Villa des Roses by Willem Elsschot
Produced by	Dirk Impens Rudy Verzyck
Starring	Julie Delpy Shaun Dingwall
Cinematography	Jan Vancaillie
Edited by	Ludo Troch Karin Vaerenberg
Music by	Paul M. van Brugge
Production companies	Favourite Films Dan Films Isabella Films Samsa Films
Distributed by	Kinepolis Film Distribution (Belgium) Upstream Pictures (Netherlands) Miracle Communications (United Kingdom)
Release dates	27 February 2002 (2002-02-27) (Belgium) 17 April 2002 (2002-04-17) (Netherlands) 11 October 2002 (2002-10-11) (United Kingdom)
Countries	Belgium England Netherlands Luxembourg
Languages	English French

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.^[1][2] It won Best Feature at the Hollywood Film Festival and was nominated for three awards at the British Independent Film Awards.^[3]

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.^[4]