![]() Tautou stars as Irene, a beautiful serial gold digger who mistakes Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a hotel waiter, for a wealthy guest. The waifish star of Amélie elevates everything she is in, even The Da Vinci Code, and here her beauty and class brings the fil m to a whole new level. The movie has one major element going for it right up front, and tha t's t he presence of Audrey Tautou. The result is less blatantly funny, but every bit as breezy and light on its feet. In fact I very nearly awarded it my Best Foreign Language Film award in 2005, but in the end went with the Palestinian film, Paradise Now, instead.įor Priceless (Hors de Prix), his latest film to make it to American screens, Salvadori tones down the farcical elements of Apr ès Vous for a more sophisticated high-brow romantic comedy. The film barely made an impression at the American box office, and received a mere 55% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but I loved it. I'm a big fan of Pierre Salvadori's last film, the vastly overlooked and criminally underrated romantic farce, Après Vous, starring Daniel Auteuil and Sandrine Kiberlain.
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