La fille de Monaco (2008)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Anne Fontaine

Writers:

Anne Fontaine (writer)
Benoît Graffin (writer)

Release Date:

20 August 2008 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Road Accident | City Name In Title | Femme Fatale | Lawyer | Country Name In Title

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Fabrice Luchini	...	Bertrand Beauvois
Roschdy Zem	...	Christophe Abadi
Stéphane Audran	...	Édith Lassalle
Gilles Cohen	...	Louis Lassalle
Alexandre Steiger	...	Alain
Philippe Duclos	...	Inspecteur Taurand
Jeanne Balibar	...	Hélène
Hélène de Saint-Père	...	Carolina
Louise Bourgoin	...	Audrey Varella
Christophe Vandevelde	...	Tony
Pierre Bourgeon	...	Boulie
Claire Joseph	...	La fille du groupe
Denis Dallan	...	Denis
Francisca Viudes	...	La cliente de l'hotel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mario Barravecchia	...	Mario
Antoine Blanquefort	...	Le présentateur JT
Patty Demedikle	...	La mère d'Audrey
Antonio Esposito	...	Le père d'Audrey
Jean-François Fagour	...	Le vigile du Carrément
André Ferran	...	Le président du tribunal
Jack-Alexandre Gouillard	...	Le copain d'Audrey scooter
Marco Panzani	...	Le patron du restaurant
Jo Prestia	...	Aldo le prisonnier
Bernard Rosselli	...	Roberto
Marie-Agnès Sibertin-Blanc	...	L'avocate de la partie civile
Anton Yakovlev	...	L'homme slave

Also Known As:

Monaco (France) (working title)
The Girl from Monaco (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexual content and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Italian | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Canada:14A (British Columbia)

Company:

Canal+

Monaco When It Sizzles

My laugh meter was in constant activity throughout this film, one of the most entertaining French comedies of recent years. Anne Fontaine's witty script and assured direction gave me a lot of pleasure. The first scene between Fabrice Luchini and Hélène de Saint-Père--that amorous banter out of Marivaux--set the tone for me. Luchini is at the top of his form now, much stronger than he was in La Discrète or Beaumarchais l'insolent. He portrays the erotic confusion of the middle-aged man so well. Roschdy Zem, so often used as ethnic content in his films, here provides us with the (almost) definitive portrait of the loyal servant with his own agenda (cf. Dirk Bogarde in The Servant). Louise Bourgoin has a great natural comic flair that will serve her well in future roles (she outshines that other comic weather girl Michelle Pfeiffer in Up Close and Personal).

Anne Fontaine has given me so much satisfaction over the last ten years: I think of Nettoyage à sec, Comment J'ai tué mon père, Nathalie... She is a stalwart of the French film industry.