La doublure (2006)

Réalisateur:

Francis Veber

Scénariste:

Francis Veber (writer)

Date de sortie:

29 mars 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

A new comedy from the writer/director of The Closet and The Dinner Game

Intrigue:

A porter and a top-model have to pretend to be a couple in order to salvage a CEO's marriage.

Plot Keywords:

Valet | Supermodel | Couple | Ceo | Model

Récompenses:

1 win & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

if French films annoy you, then....

Ensemble

Gad Elmaleh	...	François Pignon
Alice Taglioni	...	Elena Simonsen
Daniel Auteuil	...	Pierre Levasseur
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Christine Levasseur
Richard Berry	...	Maître Foix
Virginie Ledoyen	...	Émilie
Dany Boon	...	Richard
Michel Jonasz	...	André Pignon
Michel Aumont	...	Le médecin
Laurent Gamelon	...	Paul
Patrick Mille	...	Pascal Bouliveau
Michèle Garcia	...	Louise Pignon
Philippe Magnan	...	Berman
Jean-Yves Chilot	...	Hervé
Irina Ninova	...	Marie
Philippe Beglia	...	Le maître d'hôtel
Noémie Lenoir	...	Karine
Sandra Moreno	...	Secrétaire Levasseur
Jean-Pol Brissart	...	Mauricet
Philippe Brigaud	...	Monsieur Hervé
Alexandre Brik	...	Ken, le maquilleur
Thierry Humbert	...	Paparazzi
Paulette Frantz	...	La mère de Richard
Thierry Nenez	...	Perrache
Karl Lagerfeld	...	Himself / Lui-même
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Robert Hoehn	...	Francois Pignon (voice)

Réalisé par
Francis Veber

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Francis Veber		writer

Produit par
Patrice Ledoux	....	producer
Francesco Pamphili	....	co-producer
Francis Veber	....	associate producer
Candice Zaccagnino	....	executive producer: Columbia Pictures

Musique originale
Alexandre Desplat

Image
Robert Fraisse

Montage
Georges Klotz

Distribution des rôles
Françoise Menidrey

Création des décors
Dominique André

Direction artistique
Benoît Bechet

Maquillage
Laurent Bozzi	....	key hair stylist
Joël Lavau	....	key makeup artist
Fulvio Pozzobon	....	key hair stylist
Gill Robillard	....	key makeup artist
Estelle Tolstoukine	....	hair stylist

Directeur de production
Yann Arnaud	....	unit production manager
Dimitri Billecocq	....	unit manager
Philippe Desmoulins	....	production manager
André Labbouz	....	post-production supervisor
Bernard Seitz	....	production manager
Tourdjman Valentin	....	assistant unit manager

Assistant réalisateur
Carole Breteau	....	assistant assistant director
Olivier Falkowski	....	second assistant director
Alain Olivieri	....	first assistant director
Jordan Santoul	....	assistant assistant director

Département Art
Lionel Callari	....	property master
Thierry Carini	....	construction coordinator
Hervé Guignot	....	key carpenter
Yvan Hart	....	head plasterer
Pascal Leguellec	....	assistant art director
Sophie Loncq	....	upholsterer
Danielle Mainard	....	set dresser
Antonio Nogueira	....	dressing props
Frédéric Pesquer	....	upholsterer
Thierry Doerflinger	....	plasterer (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Bernard Bats	....	sound
Pierre-Yves Bruneel	....	assistant sound
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Vincent Cosson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas Desjonquères	....	supervising sound editor
Séverin Favriau	....	assistant sound editor
Gérard Lamps	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alain Lévy	....	post-synchronization
Armelle Mahé	....	foley recording engineer
Françoise Maulny	....	post-synchronisation assistant (as Françoise Maulny-Lévy)
Franck Tassel	....	assistant foley artist
Isabelle Tat	....	post-synchronisation assistant
Jean-Alexandre Villemer	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects
Arnaud Chelet	....	visual effects supervisor
Jacques Delzescaux	....	digital artist
Roxane Fechner	....	visual effects set supervisor
Émilie Feret	....	visual effects coordinator
Yannick Folliard	....	visual effects coordinator
Marc Latil	....	digital artist
Malika Mazauric	....	digital artist
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects designer
Raymond Terrentin	....	digital colorist

Cascadeur
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator

Caméra et Département Electrique
Stéphane Agostini	....	electrician
Yves Agostini	....	camera operator
Dominique Delguste	....	additional camera operator
Patrick de Ranter	....	Steadicam operator
Steve de Rocco	....	second assistant camera
Alain Herpe	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Claude LeBras	....	gaffer (as Jean-Claude Le Bras)
Steve Moreau	....	additional first assistant camera
Yvon Sausseau	....	key grip
Christian Thurot	....	generator operator

Département Casting
Franck Jouard	....	extras casting
Géraldine Mouton	....	extras casting assistant

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Marie Bouvier	....	costumer
Florie Vaslin	....	wardrobe
Alice Vieille de Vivaise	....	wardrobe

Dpartement Editorial
Viviane Gourvest	....	assistant editor
Charlotte Mazzinghi	....	dailies color grader
Gerard Savary	....	color timer
Raymond Terrentin	....	colorist

Département Musique
Michel Jonasz	....	composer: additional music

Divers
Martine Audouard	....	assistant script supervisor
Martine Bourdon	....	assistant administrator
Ghislaine Cauet-Martinotto	....	production assistant (as Ghislaine Martinotto)
Sandra Cornevaux	....	press attache (as Sandra Corneveaux)
Romain Courtine	....	location manager
Françoise Della Libera	....	production administrator
Dario Faniglione	....	assistant to production manager
Marie Kerhoas	....	production assistant
Alexandra Schamis	....	press attache
Isabelle Thévenet	....	script supervisor (as Isabelle Perrin-Thévenet)
Bernard Vander Donckt	....	production administrator

Merci
Karl Lagerfeld	....	very special thanks

Companies de production

• Gaumont
• EFVE (co-production)
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• Kairos (co-production)
• Artémis Productions (participation)
• Sofica Sogécinéma 4 (participation)
• Banque Populaire Images 6 (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne (participation)

Distributeurs

• Gaumont International (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Gaumont (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (GCTHV) (2006) (France) (DVD) (special edition)
• Alfa Films (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Christal Films (2006) (Canada) (all media)
• Divisa Home Video (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (DVD)

Autres Companies

• Athalys  post-production facilities
• Chanel  special thanks: models and collection designed by Karl Lagerfeld
• Lanvin  costumes: Daniel Auteuil and Richard Berry
• Yves Saint Laurent  costumes: Kristin Scott Thomas

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Valet (International: English title) (USA)
La boulette (France) (working title)
Una Top model nel mio letto (Italy)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Durée:

France:85 min

Pays:

France | Italy | Belgium

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | USA:PG-13 | Romania:A.G. | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:12

Lieux de tournage:

Boulogne-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Société:

Gaumont

Anecdotes:

Near the end, the father of François Pignon tells him that he is invited to a dinner to talk about his corkscrews collection. This is a reference to another Francis Veber movie, Le dîner de cons (1998), in which a likable idiot (also called François Pignon) is invited to a dinner on the pretext of talking about his match constructions.

Goofs:

Continuité: Both Francois and Emilie purposely avoid going to Luigi's for lunch, but run into each other at another restaurant. However, in the next scene, Elena asks Francois "Did I upset the girl at Luigi's?"

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur Le tournage de 'La doublure' (2007) (V)

Bande son:

Happy birthday to you

if French films annoy you, then....

see this one! THE VALET is hilarious! I haven't laughed so loudly and enjoyed a French farce so much since LA CAGE AUX FOLLES in 1980. No doubt there will be a terrible USA remake (hello Nicholas Cage, Nic, pick up the phone, it's Disney remakes on the line) which will blunt the silliness and sharpness of this Gallic comedy. Another comment on this site said it is a sure successor to Billy Wilder comedies and that is probably as close to the mark, generating the audience goodwill before they buy at ticket. And you should too; THE VALET like Wilder's ONE TWO THREE or KISS ME STUPID, is intelligent ridiculousness, all glossy with flowers and puzzled faces, retorts and door slamming, bumbling and embarrassments. If Blake Edwards was still making films this would his perfect project as a remake in the US; sadly I expect it to be handled by some MTV hack who will turn it into gravy with a few punches. But, see it first as THE VALET. Laugh. What a delight to see Kristin Scott-Thomas too. What a sly role for her. Yum.