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The Valet
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Title: The Valet

Release Date: 29 Mar 2006

Runtime: 1h 25m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Gaumont, EFVE, Kairos, TF1 Films Production

Production Companies: Gaumont, EFVE, Kairos, TF1 Films Production

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 5.978 (518 votes)

Cast

  • François Pignon: Gad Elmaleh
  • Éléna Simonsen: Alice Taglioni
  • Pierre Levasseur: Daniel Auteuil
  • Christine Levasseur: Kristin Scott Thomas
  • Maître Foix: Richard Berry
  • Emilie: Virginie Ledoyen
  • Richard: Dany Boon
  • André Pignon: Michel Jonasz
  • Doctor: Michel Aumont
  • Paul: Laurent Gamelon
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