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The Valet(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-03-29
60%
547 Votes
Time: 1h 25m
Overview:
Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
Revenue: $29,326,868.00
ProductionCompanies: 
EFVE
Kairos
Movie: The Valet
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gad Elmaleh
François Pignon
Alice Taglioni
Éléna Simonsen
Daniel Auteuil
Pierre Levasseur
Kristin Scott Thomas
Christine Levasseur
Richard Berry
Maître Foix
Virginie Ledoyen
Emilie
Dany Boon
Richard
Michel Jonasz
André Pignon
Michel Aumont
Doctor
Laurent Gamelon
Paul
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