For an hour roughly the time it takes to walk the width of the tiny coastal citystate we are seduced by a breezy french romantic comedy. The girl from monaco anne fontaine, fabrice luchini. The girl, adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. With fabrice luchini, roschdy zem, stephane audran, gilles cohen. Julia roberts acts out her film career w james corden duration. At best diverting, at worst an almost selfparodic compendium of french film cliches. For an hour roughly the time it takes to walk the width of the tiny coastal citystate we are seduced by a. Sep 14, 2015 julia roberts acts out her film career w james corden duration. Anne fontaine moves a step away from the subtle ambiguities of her best films dry cleaning, how i killed my father and edges ever closer to.
Alexander street, a proquest company recommended for you. Fabrice luchini plays bertrand beauvois, an elite lawyer coming to monaco to work a high profile case. Bertrand beauvois, a wellknown attorney, is in monte carlo to defend a businessmans mother who murdered a gigolo with ties to gangsters. Middleaged and highly successful lawyer bertrand beauvois fabrice luchini is hired by monaco businessman louis lassalle gilles cohen. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful shedevil, who turns him into a complete wreck.
The businessman provides a bodyguard, christophe, who is thorough and unsmiling. Bertrand beauvois, a wellknown attorney, is in monte carlo to defend a. Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard will step in and put everything back in order. Unfortunately, the end result feels awkward and we are left unable to connect with the movie or the characters. A bodyguard hired to look after a lawyer ends up protecting the man from. Canada english title dvd box title the girl from monaco. Film qui commence mais qui segare au fil des minutes tout en peinant a trouver son genre. The film stars fabrice luchini, roschdy zem, louise bourgoin, and stephane audran. A bodyguard hired to look after a lawyer ends up protecting the. A girl leans over seine river with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. A brilliant and neurotic attorney goes to monaco to defend a famous criminal.
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