LA FILLE DE MONACO
THE GIRL FROM MONACO


DIRECTOR
Anne Fontaine

SCREENPLAY
Anne Fontaine & Benoît Graffin

CAST
Bertrand Beauvois: Fabrice Luchini
Christophe Abadi: Roschdy Zem
Audrey Varella: Louise Bourgoin
Édith Lassalle: Stéphane Audran
Louis Lassalle: Gilles Cohen
Hélène: Jeanne Balibar

GENRE
Drama

DISTRIBUTOR
Swank

RUNNING TIME 95’
PRODUCTION France, 2008
RATING Restricted (some sexual content and language)
GAUGE 35mm, DVD (color)




“Anne Fontaine's "The Girl from Monaco" is a dark comedy that Billy Wilder would not have disavowed, featuring a confused lawyer, a ditsy blonde, sexuality in abundance and an emotional triangle that culminates in murder. With its echoes of the Nicole Kidman vehicle "To Die For" the film will appeal to movie-goers who appreciate story, character and crisp dialogue.”

Bernard Besserglik, Hollywood Reporter


Bertrand, a brilliant attorney, arrives in Monaco to defend a 70-year old woman accused of murder. A man of great self-control, he is quite certain he can win the trial. But his life is turned upside down when he meets Audrey, an ambitious, cheeky and sexy weather girl from the local channel. She turns him into a complete wreck and it quickly becomes clear that he is incapable of loving and letting himself be loved out of fear of loosing his bearings. It is his assigned bodyguard, Christophe, a taciturn and athletic man, who will guide him, taking control over Bertrand’s sentimental life as if he was also responsible for his emotional destiny. The two men, whose social backgrounds and personalities are opposed, will grow to like each other. Although they have nothing in common, Audrey touches that very part of Bertrand which resists and he lets himself go, probably for the first time in his life. As in other Anne Fontaine’s films, such as Dry Cleaning, location plays a central role in La Fille de Monaco: Bertrand’s rigid and neurotic personality stands in sharp contrast to the mediterranean city known for its exhuberance.

 

 

 

 

 



 
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