 | Sunday, April 22nd - 7:45 pm - Oak Street Cinema 
Director: Francis Veber In this story by France’s top comedy director, Francis Veber (scripter of La Cage aux Folles), about mistaken identity, François Pignon (Gad Elmeleh), a valet at a smart Parisian restaurant, gets caught up in a bizarre scheme to save the marriage of a wealthy businessman. The film also stars France’s most versatile actor Daniel Auteuil and a French-speaking Kristin Scott-Thomas. |
Prominent industrialist Pierre Levasseur (Daniel Auteuil) and his beautiful mistress Elena (Alice Taglioni) are in the midst of an argument when a photographer immortalizes the moment on film. It looks as if Mrs. Levasseur (Kristin Scott Thomas) would have all the evidence she needs to prove her husband’s infidelity—if someone else wasn’t in the photograph, a parking lot attendant named François Pignon (comedian Gad Elmaleh). Levasseur protests that Elena was actually with Pignon, and to bolster his claim he convinces Pignon to let Elena move in and pose as his fiancée. But the attendant has set his sights on the somewhat diffident Emilie (Virginie Ledoyen), who can’t believe that her mild-mannered admirer is suddenly all over the Paris gossip columns.
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alice Taglioni, Gad Elmaleh
In French with English subtitles, France, 85 minutes, 2006, 35mm
Presented by: Lerner Publishing
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