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The valet (La doublure) - Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Francis Veber

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Movie propaganda

Pierre Levasseur (Daniel Auteuil), an important CEO, is photographed with his lover, Elena Simonsen (Alice Taglioni), a world-famous model. In an attempt to salvage his marriage, he tries to convince his wife that Elena is not his lover, but that of François Pignon (Gad Elmaleh) , a porter who was passing by and ended up on the photograph. To make his story believable, Levasseur then has to convince Pignon and Elena to move in together and to pretend to be a couple. Things get more complicated when this creates tensions between Pignon and his former flatmate Richard (Dany Boon) and his love interest Émilie (Virginie Ledoyen), and when Levasseur's wife discovers the truth and decides to play games with her husband.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film comedy France romance car valet deceit mistress French supermodel adultery relationship

Persons of interest

Gad Elmaleh .... François Pignon
Robert Hoehn .... François Pignon (voice)
Alice Taglioni .... Elena Simonsen
Daniel Auteuil .... Pierre Levasseur
Kristin Scott Thomas .... Christine Levasseur
Richard Berry .... Maître Foix
Virginie Ledoyen .... Émilie
Dany Boon .... Richard
Michel Jonasz .... André Pignon
Laurent Gamelon .... Paul
Patrick Mille .... Pascal Bouliveau
Michèle Garcia .... Louise Pignon
Philippe Magnan .... Berman
Jean-Yves Chilot .... Hervé
Irina Ninova .... Marie
Noémie Lenoir .... Karine
Sandra Moreno .... Secrétaire Levasseur
Jean-Pol Brissart .... Mauricet
Philippe Brigaud .... Monsieur Hervé
Alexandre Brik .... Ken
Thierry Nenez .... Perrache
Karl Lagerfeld .... Himself
Francis Veber .... Screenwriter
Francis Veber .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

The valet (La doublure) official movie sites:

The valet (La doublure) film production notes (.pdf)
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NB: French language dialogue with English language subtitles
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Sharmill Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

The valet (La doublure) is a light-hearted romp through the pitfalls of romance in Paris. It is the epitome of light-hearted rompingness. If you want a metre-stick for evaluating light-hearted romps, The valet (La doublure) is it. With subtitles.

The comedy, France, romance movie The valet (La doublure) is directed by Francis Veber and stars Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil.