A French Gigolo

Oct 8, 2008

1h 45m

★ 5.0

Overview

Marco leads a double life. As Marco, he is a construction worker but rich ladies craving sexual excitation know him as Patrick. As Marco he is married to Fanny, an ambitious young woman who has opened her own hairdressing salon in partnership with her friend Rosalie. Marco/Patrick is not a male prostitute at heart: in fact he does the job in order to support his wife's business. Which doesn't prevent Judith, an elegant tele-shopping presenter who buys his services, from falling in love with him. But when Fanny learns what Marco does and with whom, she first gets mad but soon starts interfering in their affair.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Gaumont

LGM Productions

Josy Films

France 3 Cinéma

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Cast

Irene

Josiane Balasko

Fanny

Isabelle Carré

Judith

Nathalie Baye

Maggy

Catherine Hiegel

Marco

Éric Caravaca

Sylvain

Arnaud Valois

Karine

Marilou Berry

Bérénice

Sandrine Le Berre

Rosalie

Félicité Wouassi

Jim

George Aguilar

Zoltan

Guillaume Verdier

Alex

David Rousseau

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