This romantic Los Angeles-area retreat is the current West Coast home base of Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard. A 1937-built fantasy in fine fettle, the property offers a secluded indoor/outdoor lifestyle as it meanders across .54 acres and decades of history.

The Provençal-inspired villa contains five bedrooms and five baths across 4,249 sq. ft. of interiors, which progress beyond a recessed single-door entry with a lantern pendant fixture and ornate fanlight for decoration. Once inside, the house immediately breaks into joyous warmth and a wealth of options, with a second-floor ceiling break overhead, mid-toned hardwood beneath, and bright white paint keeping the photons on the move.

Rooms of note include the formal dining room and the library or office, which features a red brick fireplace; French doors feature in both, with the former receiving multiple sets for easy transition to the tiled patio outside. The kitchen is a gem: unpretentious and literate, inspiring.

Outside, the property achieves a relaxed cohesion. A flagstone pool area with outdoor kitchen and bar is surveyed by the home’s back terraces, while a tree-shaded deck, Asian teahouse and broad patio with a pergola-covered dining spot complete the scene.