The Valet

The Valet

2006•1h 25m•6.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(548)

Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.

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Production

Gaumont, EFVE, Kairos, TF1 Films Production

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh

François Pignon

Alice Taglioni

Alice Taglioni

Éléna Simonsen

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

Pierre Levasseur

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas

Christine Levasseur

Richard Berry

Richard Berry

Maître Foix

Virginie Ledoyen

Virginie Ledoyen

Emilie

Dany Boon

Dany Boon

Richard

Michel Jonasz

Michel Jonasz

André Pignon

Michel Aumont

Michel Aumont

Doctor

Laurent Gamelon

Laurent Gamelon

Paul

Patrick Mille

Patrick Mille

Pascal

Michèle Garcia

Michèle Garcia

Louise Pignon

Philippe Magnan

Philippe Magnan

Berman

Jean-Yves Chilot

Jean-Yves Chilot

Hervé

Irina Ninova

Irina Ninova

Marie

Philippe Beglia

Philippe Beglia

Butler

Noémie Lenoir

Noémie Lenoir

Karine

Sandra Moreno

Sandra Moreno

Levasseur's secretary

Jean-Pol Brissart

Jean-Pol Brissart

Mauricet

Philippe Brigaud

Philippe Brigaud

Mr. Hervé

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