Cliente (2008)A married construction worker leads a double life as a male prostitute serving rich ladies. Director:Josiane Balasko |
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Cliente (2008)A married construction worker leads a double life as a male prostitute serving rich ladies. Director:Josiane Balasko |
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| Nathalie Baye | ... |
Judith
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| Eric Caravaca | ... |
Marco
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| Isabelle Carré | ... |
Fanny
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| Josiane Balasko | ... |
Irène
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Catherine Hiegel | ... |
Maggy
(as Catherine Hiegel sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
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| Marilou Berry | ... |
Karine
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Félicité Wouassi | ... |
Rosalie
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George Aguilar | ... |
Jim
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Sandrine Le Berre | ... |
Bérénice
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David Rousseau | ... |
Alex
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Guillaume Verdier | ... |
Zoltan
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Jean-Christophe Folly | ... |
Toutoune
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Richard Berry | ... |
Lucas
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| Maria Schneider | ... |
Marie-Hélène
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Joaquina Belaunde | ... |
Rosanna
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Marco leads a double life. As Marco, he is a construction worker but rich ladies craving sexual excitation know him as Patrick. As Marco he is married to Fanny, an ambitious young woman who has opened her own hairdressing salon in partnership with her friend Rosalie. Marco/Patrick is not a male prostitute at heart: in fact he does the job in order to support his wife's business. Which doesn't prevent Judith, an elegant tele-shopping presenter who buys his services, from falling in love with him. But when Fanny learns what Marco does and with whom, she first gets mad but soon starts interfering in their affair. Written by Guy Bellinger
Pas mal, but so what? There seem to be a novel French cultural obsession with male love for hire. Last year gave us the total fluff of "Hors de Prix," but at least that had Gad Elameh, Audrey Tatou, Nice and Biarritz as a stunning backdrop. Cliente does a little better on the fluff side, with director (and excellent support actress) Josiane Balasko injecting some social concern in an otherwise lightweight comedy. Viewers are however left wondering if the setup was really necessary.
The story revolves around Marco, aka Patrick, escort for hire for older rich ladies in search of lunchtime company in Paris. Marco is pushed to the oldest profession by the need to support his wife's budding business, and therefore escape from a difficult cohabitation. When the wife Fanny finds out about the moonlighting, like the say, things will never be the same.
In any case Cliente delivers good fun, almost never misses a beat and has a couple of truly hilarious moments.