Priceless

Priceless

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On the French Riviera, nothing comes cheap. And when it comes to men, Irene has very rich taste. One very confusing night, she is duped at her own game. Her knight in shining armor turns out to have no shine at all. Irene, however, is the woman of Jean's dreams. The only way to win her heart back is to turn the tables on her. Audrey Tautou (The Da Vinci Code, Amelié) stars in a romantic comedy that proves true love is PRICELESS.

Priceless provides a sweet and sour look at the world of the super-rich. Jean (The Valet's Gad Elmaleh) works at a luxury hotel on the French Riviera. His opposite number, Irène (Amélie's Audrey Tautou), lives off wealthy men, like elderly benefactor Jacques (Vernon Dobtcheff). While staying at Jean's Biarritz hotel, Irène meets the bartender, mistakes him for a guest, and plies her considerable charms. Flattered, Jean neglects to tell her the truth, and they spend a drunken evening together. The next day, she's gone. The only trace of her presence: a discarded paper umbrella. A year passes, and Irène returns with Jacques, who dumps her when he find out about the cheating, so she bilks Jean out of everything he owns before disappearing again. Wealthy widow Madeleine (Marie-Christine Adam) offers to takes care of Jean's debts--for a price. And just like that, he's sunk to Irène's level. The next time she sees him, she quips, "Now we're equals." So, instead of teaching her the value of legitimate work, Irène teaches Jean how to play Madeleine like a violin. Following in the footsteps of Pierre Salvadori's Après Vous, which centered around a suicidal sommelier, Priceless is unexpectedly melancholy for a comedy. Like the couple in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Jean and Irène are essentially two lost souls. Irène may be an icier creature than Audrey Hepburn's Holly Golightly, but Salvadori finds a satisfying way to tie a pretty bow on this somewhat prickly package and, naturally, the scenery is ravishing. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews

Love IT!

Reviewed by Julie, 2010-03-08

What a wonderful movie! I love this romantic comedy. Super clever storyline. Beautiful actress/actor and clothing!! :-)

thanks

Reviewed by Vaness Garcia, 2010-02-16

Thanks, the seller sent the item right away in the condition it stated to be in

My favourite French film.

Reviewed by Harkanwar Anand, 2009-12-03

Lets not kill the flavour of this film by calling it "Romantic/Comedy" - Ugh...what a boring and cheesy classification that is.

I hated Amelie. Audrey Tautou in this film is a seemingly harmless woman who's actually a sedcutress. She's sultry, lacks grace, wears daunting plunging dresses without being too top heavy, she runs, she makes you heart skip a beat and she has a fan in the actor. The lead actor is another planet altogether. He has the gaze of Adrien Brody with a more perfect nose and a broomed haircut and the swagger of someone who's dying to find a purpose.

The film wins with the humor and it doesn't take it's humor too seriously. The characters never seem to fuss over any situation and this film has more energy than any fairy tale I've seen in a long while.

France looks beautiful. The wine sits pretty, cigars look inviting and every couch looks about as comfortable as they come. Overall from the sunrise to sunset, everyything is about this film has an achingly beautiful mechanism to it.

I fell in love with Priceless. Two thumbs to French cinema. I'm going to talk about this film for many months.

This was a Netflix reommendation...This film was recommended to me by "Netflix" because I liked "Death at a funeral."

Great foreign film for beginners

Reviewed by E. Mintun, 2009-11-23

Even with its subtitles it's incredibly easy to follow for beginners to the French film scene. A great film that I can (and do) watch over and over. No real lulls within the story, it keeps you engaged all the way through. Quickly made it to the top of my list after watching in the theater and went out and purchased it the day it was released on DVD!

Money isn't the answer.

Reviewed by Maryann J. Casino, 2009-11-21

It was a nice little movie, but it was in French. It would of been a lot better if
it was in English.