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The Movie Itself is written by Benoît Graffin , Pierre Salvadori and directed by Pierre Salvadori . In my mind, there are few women that possess such unrivaled beauty and class — not to mention screen presence — than the lovely Audrey Tautou . Because of this genuine charm it’s no wonder she was the top pick for Salvadori’s romantic comedy, “ Priceless .” This might seem off base, but I actually hate the name for the genre: Romantic Comedy. I think that it sells many films short. It seems like there’s a more appropriate genre that has yet to be named, one that’s a better fit. Then again, there’s no doubting the components of this film. It contains both romance and comedy in equal parts, and is most definitely not dramatic, at least not in the traditional sense. Even still, there’s an ingredient that eludes me — something that I can’t readily identify. Perhaps it’s that the film is refreshing, different and so far removed from the Hollywood Rom-Com formula that it a...

Spirited sniping between the two leads adds a dash of vitality to this French romp from veteran director Claude Berri. Audrey Tautou and Guillaume Canet in Hunting And Gathering. Advertisement To many people, Audrey Tautou will be forever Amelie, a character they either loved or loathed. More moderate responses are as rare as current films about French political life. These days, romantic comedies rule and if you're among Tautou's fans, this isn't a bad one. For me, her appeal lies in the fact that there's a hint of irascibility lurking behind the sweet face and the impish manner, and in Hunting And Gathering , she gets a chance to give it a workout. Camille is just getting by in Paris on a wage earned as an office cleaner - or "surface engineer", as she describes this vocation to her doctor in the mordantly funny exchange that opens the film. She hardly eats but that's a decision made from choice. It's as if the wearying business of...

Image credit: Happenstance: Stefanie Schneider ROSY TAUTOU The beautiful creature of ''Happenstance'' At this point, it can hardly be serendipity that the twist-of-fate romantic comedy, with its deviously entangled chains of coincidence, has mutated into a form all its own. When, exactly, did this happen and why? Unless I'm forgetting something, the cycle kicked off in 1998 with ''Next Stop Wonderland'' and ''Sliding Doors,'' then continued with ''Run Lola Run'' (the metaphysical Pop-art brainteaser of the genre), and on through ''Serendipity.'' Now, in the minor but winning French ensemble movie Happenstance , events as tiny and as seemingly random as a shoplifted coffeemaker or a casually tossed macaroon fall into flamboyant patterns of interconnection, unseen by everyone but the audience, that have the ...

    Details: 2009, France, Cert 12A, 105 mins, Drama / Period, Dir: Anne Fontaine With: Alessandro Nivola, Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Benoît Poelvoorde, Emmanuelle Devos, Marie Gillain, Regis Royer Summary: Chronicle of Gabrielle Chanel's extraordinary journey from headstrong orphan to legendary couturier

Email Print Normal font Large font Clueless ... Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou (sporting hairstyles in sympathy with the Mona Lisa) in the blockbuster film condemned by the Catholic Church and albinos. Advertisement Advertisement   When this year's biggest blockbuster opens next week, it will be propelled by an elaborate marketing strategy involving Jesus and the world's leading corporations. A FEW WEEKS ago, the face of a mysterious woman loomed over Sydney's Central Station, her enigmatic eyes peering out above a screen of numbers and letters. Below, the tiny figures of actors Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou fled from the face of the mighty Mona Lisa, with a billowing cloud of blood-red code threatening to devour them. Along the wall, the image was repeated, over and over. These posters are one brick in an aggressive marketing campaign orchestrated by Sony Pictures for its leviathan film The Da Vinci Code , which opens across the world next week. Al...

Release Date: March 28, 2008 (limited) Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films Director: Pierre Salvadori Screenwriter: Benoit Graffin, Piere Salvadori Starring: Gad Elmaleh, Audrey Tautou, Marie-Christine Adam, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jacques Spiesser, Annelise Hesme Genre: Comedy, Foreign MPAA Rating: Not Available Official Website: Pricelessthefilm.com Review: Not Available DVD Review: Not Available DVD: Blu-ray Disc | DVD Movie Poster: View here Production Stills: View here Plot Summary: Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a shy young bartender, is mistaken for a millionaire by a beautiful, scheming opportunist named Irene (Audrey Tautou). When Irene discovers his true identity, she abandons him, only to find that a love-struck Jean has no intention of letting her get away. Jean's comical attempts to gain her affections gradually evolve into setting himself up as a gigolo at a luxury hotel, until Irene finally starts to warm to her persistent, persuasive suitor. Against the wildly atmosp...

  Director Pierre Salvadori draws on traditional farce in his new film, in cinemas now, starring Audrey Tautou. Beautiful Lies I wouldn’t call director Pierre Salvadori a misanthrope, but he could be a cynic. In the offbeat romantic comedies Après Vous and Priceless , he deliberately undermined attractive characters by highlighting their less than attractive behaviour, leaving us uneasily ambiguous toward them. His view of humanity, then, seems jaundiced, because the romcom conventions of empathy and happy-ever-after resolution don’t seem to be what he’s after. Instead, having distanced us emotionally, he directs our attention to the actors negotiating these tonal changes, and the comedy of the plot complications. And as obvious as the latter are, they do make for amusing distraction. His latest work, Beautiful Lies , is no exception. With Priceless co-writer Benoît Graffin, and its star, Audrey Tautou, he returns to what looks ...

Something special … Audrey Tautou in Hunting and Gathering . When I realised that being famous was not a sickness, that was fine Advertisement Your browser does not support iframes. To visit the page follow <a href="http://au.anytime-tv.com/Promo.aspx?cbid=58">this link</a> Garry Maddox December 8, 2007   AUDREY TAUTOU'S English has improved dramatically since she was cast as a Turkish immigrant to Britain in Dirty Pretty Things but there is still room for confusion. I have hardly even sat down to talk to the French star of Amelie and The Da Vinci Code when she makes a startling comment. "I don't want to lick your shoes." What was that? I look at my shoes to see whether they need polishing. Is this some strange French greeting, the Gallic equivalent of rubbing noses? Or does the elfin actress have a thing for footwear? "No, no, no," says Tautou, realising her Australian visitor ...

A Very Long Engagement is a romantic drama set around the first World War. It re-unites the winning combination of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starlet Audrey Tatou who previously collaborated in the enormously successful romantic-comedy Amelie in 2001. Based on a novel by  Sebastien Japrisot , A Very Long Engagement was nominated for Academy Awards for Cinematography and Art Direction, as well as a BAFTA nomination for Best Foreign Film. The movie was also nominated for an impressive 12 Caesars, winning 5.  Audrey Tatou stars as Mathilde , a young woman who's desperately searching for her fiance Manech . Manech, a young soldier nick-named 'Cornflower', was one of the five soldiers convicted  for self-mutilation in an attempt to escape military service, and thereby condemned to death by forced abandonment in the 'no man's land' during the Battle of Somme in WWI. The movie bears a certain resemblance to Amelie in the cinema...

FAVOURITE AUDREY TAUTOU FILMS 1.  Le Fabuleux Destin d' Amélie  Poulain AMELIE Is this not the most perfect film ever made?  I am more than a little bit fanatical about this film (the man who used to play Yann Tiersen songs on a bluesy old piano in Bath hasn't returned in a while.  I fear I might have something to do with this) and insist on watching it at least twice a year (usually shortly after hearing snippets of the soundtrack in shops or sighting a man with an accordion).  Every time I see it I notice a tiny (magical) detail I've missed on a hundred previous viewings. 2.  Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT I'm going to say that this is my second favourite Audrey film, where as in truth, I can't really remember very much about it.  Except that it was superb.  And that Jeunet is a genius.  So I think I need to watch it again. 3.  Hors de Prix PRICELESS I loved this fil...

Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the upcoming French romantic comedy feature "Delicacy" ("La délicatesse") directed by David Foenkinos and Stephane Foenkinos, starring Audrey Tautou and Francois Damiens :

Since The Da Vinci Code (book version) came out in 2003, everybody and their mother has tried to jump on the cryptic thriller bandwagon. The same formula has shown up on TV (The Librarian series), movies (National Treasure series), and, of course, a multitude of books by other authors (author Dan Brown will finally be releasing his follow-up book this fall). There's so much riff raff cluttering the pop culture scene that it's hard to tell one from the next. All of this is bad news for Angels & Demons, the de facto movie sequel to 2006's The Da Vinci Code (even though the Angels book came out first, in 2000). For one, it's hard to get excited about another film like this after all that other material. Also, the majority of pleasure in these types of stories, in book-form, is the step-by-step deciphering of the plot's mysteries. The inherent nature of film is to skip steps in order to keep momentum going, which paradoxically mutes that thrill of discovery. That do...

  Written by: Catherine Wolinski When you hear the name  Chanel , certainly qualities come to mind. Glamour. Style. Class. It is a reaction the brand strives for, and has achieved over the last half century. Known for its elegant clothing line, fragrances, and luxury timepieces, Chanel has maintained its image of poise and panache by utilizing a continuing, incredibly successful ad campaign—the spokesmodel. Marilyn Monroe splashes herself with Chanel No.5, bringing the brand to fame in the 1950s. The fashionable trend began in the 1950s with Marilyn Monroe, the woman who brought the Chanel name to fame. Modeling for Chanel No.5 early in her booming career, Monroe is pictured splashing herself with the perfume—and the advertisement splashed the world. Skip forward a few decades, and the more recent faces of the brand included Ines de la Fressange, a French model and designer, Catherine Deneuve, a French actress, and Vanessa

The destiny molds the character There is hardly a life-story more touching and inspiring at the same time than that of Coco Chanel. From the orphanage to the glory of a famous fashion-maker is the path of her life. Yet, an uneasy path, full of thorns. That's what made her character, ferm, persistent. Who but a small French brunette named Audrey Tautou could better interprete the part of Coco Chanel in this movie? I bet it's a perfect match! Coco Chanel Movie still: considering a singer's career   The movie features the youth of the famous fashion designer and her early years. Get yourself inchanted with the peculiar ambience of France of the beginning of the 20th century as well as with the charms of the bunch of great actors. The leading part belongs to Audrey Tautou, who recreates Coco Chanel's character in a very true way. Coco before Chanel movie stills ...

Audrey Tautou, back, as Coco Chanel and Marie Gillain as Adrienne in "Coco Before Chanel." Chantal Thomine-Desmazures Enlarge photo» Summary "Coco Before Chanel" gives us a vastly different version of French actress Audrey Tautou than the one most of us are used to seeing. RelatedCOCO BEFORE CHANEL — ★★★ — Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola; with English subtitles (French dialects); rated PG-13 (vulgarity, sex, slurs, mild profanity, nude artwork); Broadway Centre"Coco Before Chanel" gives us a vastly different version of French actress Audrey Tautou than the one most of us are used to seeing. She's not that same cute, perky, sweet and silly young woman here that she was in such delights as "Amelie" (2001) or "A Very Long Engagement" (2004).

  *Please read through to the end of this post for instructions on how to enter the giveaway. Delicacy by David Foenkinos is a beautiful love story that is a short, quick read, but packed with so much charm. Natalie has the perfect life with Francois. Even their story of how they met is perfect. No couple has ever been more in love or had a happier marriage than the two of them. Then a horrific tragedy strikes and Natalie has to figure out how to go on with life when she really doesn’t even want to anymore. She throws herself into her work, but her boss, Charles, is interested in more than her work. Then odd circumstances have pushed her toward a coworker, Markus. He is someone she normally would not have given a second thought. Now she finds that she is definitely thinking about him. I very highly recommend this book. It is a delightful and charming story with drama, romance, and even some great humor. The author is French and th...

"Coco Chanel - Der Beginn einer Leidenschaft" aus dem Jahr 2009. Mit Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola. Regie: Anne Fontaine Keywords: Coco Chanel, Coco Before Chanel, Coco Chanel (film), Review, Coco avant Chanel, Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Benoit Poelvoorde, 2009, Anne Fontaine

There are hints of the fashion icon and early feminist that Coco Chanel was to become in Coco Before Chanel, though the film focuses on the period in her life just before she became a famous designer. TRAILER: Try on 'Coco Before Chanel' As such, the film, directed by Anne Fontaine (The Girl From Monaco), is not an expansive biopic but a fascinating snapshot of a pivotal chapter for Chanel, her formative fashionista years.

  I’m a big fan of Audrey Tautou (“Amelie”). Big enough to forgive her for starring in “The Da Vinci Code.” After all, it wasn’t her that made the movie so terrible…it was Tom Hanks hair. That, or a bad script. Whatever. I still really like her work and I’m now looking forward to her new film “Priceless.” The movie claims to be a re-imagining of the cinema classic, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Here’s the synopsis: Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a shy young bartender, is mistaken for a millionaire by a beautiful, scheming opportunist named Irene (Audrey Tautou).  When Irene discovers his true identity, she abandons him, only to find that a love-struck Jean has no intention of letting her get away.  Jean’s comical attempts to gain her affections gradually evolve into setting himself up as a gigolo at a luxury hotel, until Irene finally starts to warm to her persistent, persuasive suitor.  Against the wildly atmospheric bac...

Earning effusive comparisons to another Audrey, sylph-like French actress Audrey Tautou became an international star with her performance as the eponymous do-gooder in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's romantic fable Amélie (2001). Born in Beaumont, France, Tautou's childhood interest in monkeys led to plans to become a primatologist, but she found her true calling when she began to study acting in school. After graduation, Tautou found roles on French TV, and earned Canal+'s prize in 1999 for Best Newcomer. Moving to films, Tautou quickly made a mark with her performance as Natalie Baye's young co-worker in Venus Beauty Institute (1999) and earned the César for Best New Actress.

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Rating: 6/10 Cast: Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Benoit Poelvoorde Director: Anne Fontaine READ AN EXCLUSIVE Q & A WITH COCO AVANT CHANEL STAR AUDREY TAUTOU HERE! Having conquered the New Zealand International Film Festival - and the hearts of TVNZ fashionistas Michiko Hughes & Clifton Piper , this biopic about the early life of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel now finally opens nationwide (although the South Island has to wait until August 20th for its release). Audrey Tautou stars in this tale of how Chanel overcame the adversities in the early stages of her life to become the icon we all now know. It's quite a somber take as we first meet Chanel as she's abandoned at an orphanage in 1893 in France with her sister - and she desperately waits for her father to return. However, when that doesn't happen, Chanel resigns herself to a life of hardship in France - and quickly discovers she's going to have to assert hers...

Audrey Justine Tautou (born 9 August 1976 or 1978) is a French film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless (2006) and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in Venus Beauty Institute (1999). Early life Tautou was born in Beaumont, in the Puy-de-Dôme département of Auvergne, and was raised in Montluçon in nearby Allier. Her father is an oral surgeon and her mother is a teacher. Tautou showed an interest in acting at an early age and started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent.