The lovely Audrey Tautou and sad-eyed Gad Elmaleh are perfectly cast as a gold-digger and the poor sap who loves her, but the real star of Pierre Salvadori's larky, Lubitsch-esque farce is France's impossibly chic Cote d'Azure.
Passive, put-upon Jean (Elmaleh) works at a tony Biarritz hotel, Irene (Tautou) is the glamorous guest who, after dropping a considerable amount of her elderly fiancee Jacques' (Vernon Dobtcheff) money at the local boutiques, is ready to celebrate her birthday. But come evening Jacques is too drunk to leave their luxury suite, so Irene heads down to the hotel lounge where she finds the sole occupant -- Jean -- not behind the bar wher...
Released:
2008
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
103 mins