A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.
Acting
Tautou's razor-sharp timing masks genuine vulnerability—devastating.
Costume
Every gown screams 'someone else's Amex'—character design through couture.
Cinematography
Biarritz hotels glitter so hard you'll check your bank account.
Director
Pierre Salvadori
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gad Elmaleh was already France's biggest comedian; this role made him a romantic lead overnight. The hotel is real—the Hôtel du Palais in Biarritz.
Salvadori essentially reverse-engineered Breakfast at Tiffany's for the Côte d'Azur set, but with the radical French insistence that sex work adjacent lifestyles need neither punishment nor redemption arcs.
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