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When François a humble restaurant car service valet at a posh Paris is inadvertantly photographed by a paparazzo leaving the hotel--along with the wealthy tycoon, Pierre, and his beautiful supermodel mistress Elena--he gets caught-up in a billionaire industrialist's sneaky infidelities. In a desperate attempt to avoid an ugly divorce with his wife Christine, Pierre's scheming lawyer concocts an outrageous plan. By paying the valet a large sum of money to live with Pierre's mistress, the two men hope to mislead the tabloids and most importantly hide the affair from his wife. Meanwhile the ruthless Pierre must convince the stunning Elena to live with François in his cruddy apartment until the dust settles. All the while, continuing to reassure his wife that the other man in the photo, François, is really Elena's boyfriend.
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| Also Known As: |
La Doublure
The Valet
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Logline: |
The tale of a billionaire industrialist who is caught on camera with his mistress by paparazzi. To avoid a messy divorce, he invents an outrageous lie and asks his mistress to pose as the sweetheart of a valet parking attendant. |
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| Genres: |
Art/Foreign and Comedy |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 25 min. |
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| Release Date: |
April 20th, 2007 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for sexual content and language. |
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| Distributors: |
Sony Pictures Classics
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| Production Co.: |
Kairos Films (France), TF1 Films Productions, Efve Films, Gaumont
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| Financiers: |
Studio Canal, CineCinema, Artemis Productions (Belgium)
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$2,272,329 |
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| Produced in: |
France |
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