Priceless (film)

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Priceless

Directed by	Pierre Salvadori
Produced by	Philippe Martin
Written by	Pierre Salvadori Benoît Graffin
Starring	Gad Elmaleh Audrey Tautou Marie-Christine Adam
Music by	Camille Bazbaz
Cinematography	Gilles Henry
Editing by	Isabelle Devinck
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	November 18, 2006 (France)
Running time	104 min.
Country	France
Language	French
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Priceless (French: Hors de prix) is a 2006 French film directed by Pierre Salvadori. It is considered his skillfully, wittily adapted interpretation of Blake Edwards' film Breakfast at Tiffany's.^{[citation needed]}

1 Plot
2 Facts
3 Cast
4 Critical reception
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a shy waiter at a luxury hotel, pretends to be a millionaire and awakens the interest of Irène (Audrey Tautou), an adventurer who makes wealthy men pay for her bills. When Irène discovers who Jean really is, she escapes. However, Jean is in love and goes after her, finding her at Côte d'Azur. In his pursuit, he adopts the lifestyle of whom he loves. Step by step they eventually get closer...

[edit] Facts

Direction: Pierre Salvadori
Scene: Pierre Salvadori et Benoit Graffin
Dialogues: Pierre Salvadori
Directing assistant : Alain Corno
Music : Camille Bazbaz
Decoration : Yves Fournier
Sounds : François Maurel, Christophe Winding, Joel Rangon
Production : Philippe Martin
Distribution : TFM Distribution
Montage : Isabelle Devinck
Costumes : Virginie Montel
Country : France
Format : 35 mm, Color
Length : 1h 43
Released : 13 December 2006
Genre : Comedy
Budget : 11,7 millions d'euros

[edit] Cast

Audrey Tautou : Irène
Gad Elmaleh : Jean
Marie-Christine Adam : Madeleine
Vernon Dobtcheff : Jacques
Jacques Spiesser : Gilles
Annelise Hesme : Agnès
Charlotte Vermeil : the lady with the Chihuahua
Claudine Baschet : the lady with a Dogue
Laurent Claret : Biarritz bar manager
Jean de Coninck : client with cigar
Blandine Pelissier : roomlady
Philippe Vendan-Borin : waiter at Biarritz restaurant
Bernard Bourdeau : Jean's colleague at Biarritz
Didier Brice : François
Frédéric Bocquet : receptionist at Monaco
Jean-Michel Lahmi : plastic surgeon
Guillaume Verdier : waiter at the pool

[edit] Critical reception

Western critics gave the film generally favorable reviews. As of May 1, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 84% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 45 reviews.^[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 68 out of 100, based on 8 reviews.^[2]