The Valet

– Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionai..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 25 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
Original Name:
La Doublure
The Valet (2006) - Also known as La Doublure

Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.

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The Valet (2006) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Jun 2007

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Francis Veber

Writer:

Declan May (adr writer), Francis Veber

Main Actors:

Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas

Plot:

A Parisian valet loves a woman who rejects him: she's in debt to open a bookshop, and he's not her ideal man. A billionaire two-times his wealthy wife with his beautiful mistress, a young supermodel. To draw the paparazzi and his wife off the trail of adultery, and to give his lawyer time to arrange a divorce that won't cost him a fortune, the billionaire pays the supermodel and the valet to pretend for a month to be a couple. Within days, the bookshop owner and the billionaire are jealous, the supermodel experiences life with a nice guy, and the valet has status and self-confidence. What will each do with newfound wisdom?

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Gross profit:

$2,172,209

Production:

Sony Pictures Classics

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
Metacritic:
68%