Priceless (2006)

Original title: Hors de prix
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Writer: Scenario: Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin Dialogue: Pierre Salvadori Script consultant: Franck Bauchard
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam, Vernon Doubtcheff
Genre: Rom-Com

Priceless is French (and originally titled Hors de prix), and I'd like to start off by admitting I usually don't tend to like the language or the movies coming from there, maybe with the exception of Luc Besson's. The premise is a female gold digger mistaking a working hotel bartender for another rich man and after their night together she leaves still without knowing the truth, and one year later they meet again at the same hotel the bartender works at.

It sounds sleazy, or at least easy, but they have made it into a more charming and a much funnier little story than I feared. I was pleasantly surprised by their choices for the story, by the mood set and the small funny parts done a lot better than the American romantic comedies like this rarely manage. I'm not completely in love with Gad Elmaleh as the male lead 'Jean', but Audrey Tautou is absolutely great as 'Irène'.