The Valet ( La Doublure ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ] | ![The Valet ( La Doublure ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41850dhT2EL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Francis Veber
Actors: Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Gad Elmaleh, Kristin Scott Thomas
Studio: Gaumont
Category: DVD
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 256313
Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: French (Unknown), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 82 Minutes
ASIN: B000PRN34I
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Product Description
France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Photo Gallery, SYNOPSIS: French farce master Francis Veber (The Dinner Game) combines classic slapstick laughs with witty, rapid-fire dialogue in this comedy concerning a Parisian valet unwittingly drawn into the affairs of a wealthy industrialist. François Pignon (Gad Elmaleh) and his best friend Richard ($Dany Boon}) are two simple valets employed by a posh Paris hotel. Blissfully unaware of the paparazzi as they capture photograph upon photograph of powerful business tycoon Pierre Levasseur (Daniel Auteuil) leaving the hotel with his stunning mistress Elena (Alice Taglioni), innocent passerby François wanders haphazardly into the frame only to find his face plastered all over the paper the following day. Recognizing that the valet in the photograph may be Levasseur's only hope of avoiding a nasty divorce from his wife Christine (Kristin Scott Thomas), Pierre's quick-thinking lawyer Maitre Fox (Richard Berry) schemes to pay François a tidy sum if he will agree to live with Pierre's mistress in order to mislead the tabloids. Having just had his marriage proposal to childhood sweetheart Emilie (Virginie Ledoyen), François eagerly accepts the prosperous proposal. The only problem now is convincing beautiful supermodel Elena to move into the low-earning wageworker's shoddy, less-than-modest apartment until the smoke blows over and the tabloids are thrown off the tracks. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Ceasar Awards,
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 Rent, Don't Buy October 31, 2009
Willy D. Reviewer (San Francisco,CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a film you will watch only once. It proves that the French will laugh at anything.
Within the first 10 minutes, you know the ending of this movie. As another reviewer said, it is very predictable.
Basic Plot: Homely looking guy (the valet) wants to marry homely looking girl (book store owner), but she doesn't love him. He is more of a brother to her. Until -- she see's him dating a Super Model. Now she wants him. Talk about shallow. The Super Model is the mistress of a married billionaire, who has promised her that he will divorce his wife and marry her. The wife suspects he has a mistress, and to throw her off the scent, he has the Super Model date the valet -- actually live with him. This does not fool the wife. Etc, etc, etc. No surprises, no chuckles, only yawns.
The script has way too many holes in it, even for a French "farce". Three stars for the French scenery.
 A Delectable French Comedy with Heart September 27, 2009
Noirman
Veteran director Francis Veber's has assembled a marvelous cast for this truely delightful French comedy concerning love, life and the complicated infidelity of a powerful billionaire CEO "Pierre Levasseur" (Daniel Auteuil) who is cheating on his equally powerful corporate wife "Christine Levasseur" (Kristin Scott Thomas) with France's top supermodel "Elena" (Alice Taglioni).
The story quickly & fully envelops a goodhearted, average Joe, Parisian restaurant parking attendant "François Pignon", nicely played by (Gad Elmaleh), who is paid to only pretend he's having an affair with glamorous supermodel "Elena", but "Pignon" is deeply in love with his childhood sweetheart "Émilie" (Virginie Ledoyen, a top French print & TV model in real life for most of her life).
Gad Elmaleh shines as the love-sick, poor schnook, coupled with valet co-worker & sad-sack, former roommate "Richard" (Dany Boon), who are both a delight to watch, as "Richard" really begins believing his coworker "Pignon" has become an incredible ladies man with the nation's top supermodels.
Accomplished French actor/director Richard Berry superbly plays the part of the rich CEO's crafty lawyer "Maître Foix", the one who convinces "Pignon" to be paid to let the real Karl Lagerfeld's number one supermodel "Émilie" to appear with him as a loving couple in the press, in order to take the heat off his billionaire client's, very suspicious, equally crafty wife.
The colourful Parisian background and wonderful lively film score by Alexandre Desplat are pleasurable co-stars in this charming comedy.
The DVD's special features includes a 45 minute documentary 'The Marking of The Valet' which will keep you laughing hard with all the re-takes, especially between, the film's supermodel "Elena" (Alice Taglioni), in various scenes with star Gad Elmaleh and co-star Dany Boon. There are also a number of movie trailers for other Sony foreign films.
"The Valet" was retitled from the French "La Doublure" or "the stand-in".
This is the type of enjoyable comedy film worth viewing a few times.
Simple moral September 14, 2009
Michael Kerjman (The Earth)
A funny comedy emphasises a simple immortal morale of immoral money bags having forgotten (or never heard) The Beatles' "Can't buy me love" : the male CEO depending on his wife's shares made up a story of affairs between his mistress and an ordinary Parisian.
Well, everyone has own luck on own social shelf even in the Fourth Republic.
Pray Hollywood does not get hold of this June 6, 2009
Coronet Blue (California)
Nothing heavy here. Just a lovesick car parking attendant who, through unusual circumstances, ends up paid to live with a super model. If this was made here, Adam Sandler would be parking the cars and the model would be just as beautiful but nasty as a hornet. Leave it to the French have the right touch to make this sweet and funny little story.
Original comedy that well deserves your attention! May 18, 2009
Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Valet" constitutes a well rounded and poignant comedy that deals with those unsaid and veiled infidelities of a wealthy executive supported by the solid financial aid of his wife. On the other hand, we have the other side of the coin: a looser who makes his living as valet in a luxurious hotel in front of the Eiffel Tower who has been rejected buy his everlasting love.
The twist of fate will make both men have to share a little agreement that involves the top model of the moment (the alluring Alice Taglioni).
So, here you have the main ingredients of this entangled and funny movie that ends with an acidic finale.
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