The Valet

Original title: La doublure

2006
PG-13
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

11K

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Theatrical Trailer from Sony Pictures Classics

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2 Videos

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Comedy Drama

A porter and a top-model have to pretend to be a couple in order to salvage a CEO's marriage.A porter and a top-model have to pretend to be a couple in order to salvage a CEO's marriage.A porter and a top-model have to pretend to be a couple in order to salvage a CEO's marriage.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Photos26

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Trivia
Francis Veber: [François Pignon] Features a likable idiot called François Pignon.

Goofs
Both Francois and Emilie purposely avoid going to Luigi's for lunch, but run into each other at another restaurant. However, in the next scene, Elena asks Francois "Did I upset the girl at Luigi's?"

Quotes
François Pignon: A man comes home to watch T.V. It's not normal.

Crazy credits
The Gaumont logo, after it fully appears, becomes a sign outside a church.

Connections
Referenced in The Making of 'The Valet' (2007)

Soundtracks
No particular place to go
(1964)
Composed, Written and Performed by Chuck Berry

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Review

Featured review

Updated theatre de boulevard.

Nothing new under the sun:wives,lovers,girlfriends,mistaken identities...But why deny yourself a good thing,an entertaining unpretentious funny little comedy?You should be wrong.

An excellent cast,male and female,gives this trite story substance.Daniel Auteuil,as the villain,a smug mean bourgeois who thinks that money can buy everything,Kristin Scott-Thomas ,as his cheated wife who threatens to ask for a divorce (and it is her who owns the dough),Alice Taglioni as the gorgeous but sensitive top model (definitely not a bimbo),Gad Elmaleh as the clumsy shy prole,Virginie Ledoyen ,one of the most promising French actresses,as a sentimental bookseller and Richard Berry as Auteuil's lawyer.

A few nods to "rear window" .And a very funny (and moral) ending.