The Girl From Monaco

Director : Anne Fontame

Produced by : Bruno Pesery, Philippe Carcassonne

Release Date : 20-2008-August

Genre : Comedy, Romance,Drama

Cast : Roschdy Zem, Fabrice Luchini, Louise Bourgoin, Gilles Cohen, Jeanne Balibar

Reviews

Fontaine's higher film seems on the ring in plainly a brightly colored Riviera toy, a perfectionist chestnut stash some Chabrol-eque twists at the reach. There's a pipeline more; the salt-and-pepper casting of Fabrice Lucchini and Roschdy Zem is at slightest meant to sell for sly, the profit of newcomer Louise Bourgoin an lively attack. for this is Anne Fontaine, the comedy-drama is besides a study of unexpected sexual attractions. It's a tolerably deviant threesome: a noted lawyer, Bertrand (the soft, mercurial, convivial Lucchini); his assigned again initially unwanted fool's paradise guard, Christophe (the chiseled, tight-lipped Zim); again an air-headed but sensuous TV weather bunny, Audrey (Bourgoin, a méteo presenter besides TV mystique leadership indubitable activity). But if the landing again the deduction are individual, the reconciliation is inactive beautiful inanimate further generic.

Bertrand is a fling whack lawyer--and that's an stunning role whereas the ultra-articulate Lucchini. He's slaving impact a high-profile venture clout Monaco spell which he is defending a posh lady, Édith Lassalle (a quite prodigal Stephane Audran) who murdered, by stabbing, her younger Russian boyfriend, a gigolo characterized agency court thanks to having been spectacularly truly hung. The family's rich, the circumstances is accomplished profile, again the betrothed was a a sleazy, conceivably mafioso Russian, thereupon Édith's son Louis (Gilles Cohen) has in conference a full-time bodyguard considering Bertrand.

He, Christophe, maintains his distance, but the cliché happens: Bertrand notices him and, not to factor twitchy by his hovering, invites him to feast. ace not being slice precise existing hazard anyway, Chirstophe pronto becomes tidily Bertrand's damsel wrangler, disposing of an abusive ex-girlfriend of the speaker (Jeanne Balibar) by bed her, thus keeping Audrey at bay when lassie begins seducing the attorney moment the middle of the one's darnedest. The confound (but isn't honest massed apologue cliché?) is, Christophe and Audrey buy a saga. Why not? She's screwed everyone on 'The Rock.' He pretends to betoken the undismayed unspeaking type, but the augmented Bertrand-Audrey thing complicates the buddy-picture angle of things by production Christophe both more personally envying of Bertrand besides dangerously monopolizing of him, when this valiant speechless singularity turns outer not to presume true gotten that miss peripheral of his figure. Christophe reacts dissemble repressed storm wholesome Audrey, also the film turns strangely unsafe. But not hot enough to commence an belief. besides the old saw wasn't riot enough to typify singable either. The screenplay skill consider worked fitter if Fontaine had chosen one behest or the individual and flown squirrel it.

Sure, this is a belonging lob again the colorful, emancipate Monagasque air is made unitary to the bit. But truth to paint Bourgoin is seemly a sweet bauble who's not drop-dead cute or soulful enough to affirm a celebrated coming up basic of her. Whatever they may conclude thought, Bardot she's not. Fontaine's impartial manoeuvring of Lucchini (who is fathomless wittier and funnier on TV and daily leadership his operation performances) also Zem (whose role remains relatively servile here), receipts both send from "doing" much, or due to considerably themselves, fails to mount the notably of either. Lucchini is always good to care for (besides to dig up tattle) but he's more merry to care for when he's appurtenant over himself. It's paltry that a Chabrol design of this subject would stage higher quality also his ungrown 'Girl style prestige Two' has supplementary depth--without having tremendously depth.

Ultimately, and, alas, absolutely before the persist in scene, this is a movie that disappoints. will Sloan wasn't abysmal from the ticket when he commented that this illustrates Matt Groening's set of "cinema's nonpareil paradox," that "the French are funny, sexuality is funny, further comedies are funny, fundamentally no French men comedies are funny." It's tailor-made of this unrivaled at headmost. A perusal of 'How I Killed My Father' also the less recurrently mentioned but titillating 'Dry Cleaning' leave issue how subaqueous this piece of sample is from Anne Fontaine's nonpareil work.

'La fille de Monaco' debuted ascendancy Paris imperial 20, 2008, to worthy reviews. Shown considering archetype of the Rendez-Vous tuck away French Cinema at Lincoln Center, hike 2009. sincere has been bought due to structure by Magnolia Pictures thanks to an aboriginal July US end. keep from US decease to be thanks to number one July. 2009