Chalet Girl (2011)

Former skateboard champion Kim wants to make more money after her mother's tragic death. She joins the elite posh servicing company, which sends her off to Austria.

Director:

Phil Traill

Writer:

Tom Williams (screenplay)

Stars:

Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miquita Oliver	...	T4 Presenter
Rick Edwards	...	T4 Presenter
Felicity Jones	...	Kim
Bill Bailey	...	Bill
Rebecca Lacey	...	Thea
Chandra Ruegg	...	Trace
Tom Goodman-Hill	...	Les
Angela Curran	...	Interviewer 1
Jessica Hynes	...	Interviewer 2
Charlie Tebbetts	...	Kid
Jo Martin	...	Lexi
Tamsin Egerton	...	Georgie
Georgia King	...	Jules
Mario Netzer	...	Yodeller
Gregor Bloéb	...	Bernhardt

Storyline

Pretty tomboy Kim Matthews, 19, used to be a champion skateboarder - but now she's stuck in a dead end job trying to support her Dad. Opportunity comes knocking in the form of a catering job in the one of the most exclusive chalets in the Alps. At first, Kim's baffled by this bizarre new world of posh people, champagne and skiing - but then she discovers snowboarding, and the chance to win some much-needed prize money at the big end-of-season competition. But before she can become a champion again, Kim's going to have to dig deep to overcome her fears. Hard enough, without the complicating factor of Jonny, her handsome - though spoken for - boss...

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | nudity | covered female frontal nudity | skinny dipping | nude swimming | 

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Taglines:

How to marry a billionaire.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Blog Official Twitter

Country:

UK Germany Austria

Language:

English German

Release Date:

14 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Menina do Chalé

Filming Locations:

Kaunertal, Tirol, Austria

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£677,716 (United Kingdom), 20 March 2011, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$192, 16 October 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,201, 23 October 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

UK Film Council, Aegis Film Fund, Hindsight Media

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The quote attributed to Kim's mother "You've got brains in your head. You've got feet in your shoes." is from Dr. Seuss' "Oh, the Places You'll Go".

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Goofs

Mikki says that he enters the snowboard competition every year but the competition is sponsored by Roxy. This is the female side of Quiksilver and as such their comps are only for female competitors, making it impossible for him to enter.

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Quotes

Caroline: She's a chalet girl. My God, it is such a cliché. I wouldn't have minded so much if you were discrete, but Bernhardt said the two of you were all over each other. On the beginner slope.
Jonny: Bernhardt could learn a few things about being discrete himself.
Caroline: Honey, do you realize what you're risking, here? You have to stop this right now, or I will!
Jonny: This isn't "Jane Austin", mom. Look when you and dad met...
Caroline: Enough, Jonathan. I just think you can do better.
Jonny: Well, I don't think *dad* could have done ...
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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 8 February 2011 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Amazing
Performed by One Eskim0 (as One Eskimo)

User Reviews

Felicity Jones is great as Chalet Girl. :)

Felicity Jones is such a great up and comer, she will certainly have a long career ahead of her, she's got an extremely likable screen presence. The story of Chalet Girl is sweet and innocent, but not too innocent, the character of Kim makes thus film not the annoying cheesy romance it so easily could have been.

If it was American it would not have been as enjoyable, even the one American character in the film (Brooke Shields), is the most annoying of all of them, even though she plays trophy wife to perfection she is still very mean and annoying.

Ed Westwick impressed me also, I thought he wouldn't be able to shake off the whole Chuck Bass characterization, but Henie convincing as the nice rich boy who falls for the working class Kim.

The alps where the movie is filmed are absolutely gorgeous, it's movies like this that make you want to go on holidays. The performances all round are wonderful but like I said earlier this movie belongs to Jones. She's just lovely.

I hope you enjoy it. Quite different to the usual romantic comedy but much better also. :)