Hors De Prix (Priceless)

Plot Outline:
Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a shy waiter at a luxury hotel, pretends to be a millionaire and awakens the interest of Irène (Audrey Tautou), an adventurer who makes wealthy men pay for her bills. When Irène discovers who Jean really is, she escapes. Problem: Jean is in love and goes after her, finding her at Côte d'Azur. Rapidly ruined, he adopts the lifestyle of whom he loves. Step after step they get closer...

Overall Impressions:
Such a silly plot, yet such a good film. Why? Well, it sets out to do one thing only, entertain. Logic for this reason has been thrown out of the window. As the story is set up in the initial ten minutes, we already know where it is going with this. What we don't know is how and how far he will go with this.

It's from here on that it progresses by making you smile while she test the waters of his dedication & this is exactly where it scores. Even the viewer will think, "wow, this is too much" & "what a cow", but in the end its all balanced out.

Possible moral of the story:
Money can buy happiness. Money can buy love temporarily, for a more permanent position, you'll need a good source of money. Like gold-digging, perhaps. (Though I prefer the being Bruce Wayne option).

A very unpredictable romantic comedy, which climax aside skips out over-used cliches and is all the more better for it. One of the best films I've seen at the festival. 'nuff said really.