Priceless (film)
- Audrey Tautou: Irène
- Gad Elmaleh: Jean
- Marie -Christine Adam: Madeleine
- Didier Brice: François
- Vernon Dobtcheff: Jacques
- Annelise Hesme: Agnès
Priceless ( Hors de prix original title, translated as " priceless " ) is a French film comedy. It was shot in 2006 by Pierre Salvadori Audrey Tautou and Gad Elmaleh in the lead roles.
Action
Irène, an attractive young woman, brings wealthy men in expensive hotels to pay the bills that were asked during their stay. Jean, a shy waiter of the hotel, brings Irene's adventurous interest. For now, she does not notice its simple working status, and believes he is also a prolific guest. After the embarrassing discovery of his true job she flees.
Jean but has fallen in love with her and does not want to let her go so easily. The reunion will take place on the Côte d' Azur. He finds her in a restaurant and apologized. After some time, she agrees to go out to eat with him. To get rid of him, she lets him pay all the bills. At the restaurant visit and shopping tours Jean returns his money, but still tries to transfer the money from home savings accounts and other investments on his checking account. When everything finally is gone and also Irène has departed, there is the account of the hotel where they stayed both. Since he can not pay, it offers itself as a porter and dishwasher, this will be rejected. As a female guest reception asking to bring their luggage to the room, she rejects the porter of the hotel and asks her " friend " (Jean), bring up this. The next morning they have breakfast together and he is new clothes. Gone to the taste, Jean Irene's fraudulent lifestyle includes and acts as a fictitious company man in a grand luxury hotel, in which Irene is staying with her new rich lover. Initially suffering (including leaves his rich patroness Madeleine him by a plastic surgeon to invest his protruding right ear), he feels more and more comfortable and there is a little competition (including shows Irène him her wardrobe, she has filled in four days and asks him what he got; reaction: only these four shirts ) to the things that get the two of their patrons? . The adventure brings the two closer together, until Irene finally accepted his presence. She gives him regularly useful tips, without being entirely aware that they are emotionally more and more ties to him. As Irene's lover Gilles happened to witness, as she and Jean kiss spontaneously, it can Irène back penniless. Jean sold the expensive clock, which he got from Madeleine and paid for with the proceeds Irene's room for a week in advance.
As Irene's former lover Jacques with his new playmate young Agnès appears, Irène Jean asks for a favor: As alleged filthy rich prince he should Agnès seduce so Irène can zoom to make Jacques again. Only when she sees Agnès turtelnd disappear in the Room Jean and is seized by jealousy, she realized how much she is in love with Jean. On Jacques' question what she wanted, she replied: " I want to love at last! " And ends the whole dizziness. As a poor but happy love couple Jean and Irène eventually go with jeans the only residual property, a scooter, it.
Criticism
" The romantic-melancholic comedy is staged with elegance and sensitivity, but suffers from the poor fantasy scenario that too predictable developed the plot and especially the characters draws only superficial. Only thanks to the performance of the lead actor of the film in phases reaches touching depth. "
"In" Priceless " sat Salvadori entirely on the play of his two leading actors Audrey Tautou and Gad Elmaleh. [ ... ] Staged Solid, missing Salvatore Doris directorial effort, however, a surprise, because much has one too often seen in the cinema "
Awards
The film was nominated for the 2008 Golden Trailer Awards for Best Foreign Trailer and 2007 winners at the NRJ Ciné Awards for Best Kiss between Audrey Tautou and Gad Elmaleh.
Background
In France alone, where he was released on the Arras Film Festival on 18 November 2006, the first, came 2 million viewers in the cinemas. The film was shown on 9 February 2007 in Germany. U.S. theatrical release was on March 28, 2008.