There's no froth like
French froth. And few French-froth-purveyors are as adept as Pierre Salvadori,
who knows exactly how to make romantic complications and class conflict as
pleasantly diverting as a day at the beach—and, for better or worse, as
placid. In Salvadori's Priceless, Audrey Tautou plays a skilled gold-digger in the
Holly Golightly mold who mistakes resort-hotel employee Gad Elmaleh for a
swell. They share a night of passion, and when Tautou returns a year later,
they share another night. But the second time around, Tautou's well-heeled
fiancé finds her out, then kicks her out. She races back to Elmaleh, who's so
smitten that he's willing to tap into his savings and investments in order to
give Tautou the kind of life she craves. It takes less than 24 hours for her to
bankrupt him.
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