Synopsis:
A
bodyguard
hired
to
look
after
a
lawyer
ends
up
protecting
the
man
from
himself
in
this
breezy
comedy
from
France.
Bertrand
Beauvois
(Fabrice
Luchini)
is a
successful
fiftysomething
attorney
who's
hired
to
represent
Edith
Lasalle
(Stéphane
Audran),
who
has
been
charged
with
killing
a
man
with
ties
to
the
Russian
mafia.
Edith's
adult
son,
Louis
(Gilles
Cohen),
has
been
warned
that
Russian
strong-arm
men
may
try
to
silence
his
mother
and
her
legal
team,
so
he
hires
a
private
security
team
to
protect
them
and
Bertrand
finds
he's
shadowed
at
all
times
by
stone-faced
Christophe
Abadi
(Roschdy
Zem).
Bertrand
doesn't
see
the
need
for
Christophe's
presence,
but
when
the
lawyer
has
trouble
brushing
off
a
former
girlfriend
he'd
rather
not
see,
the
bodyguard
turns
out
to
be a
valuable
ally.
Bertrand
and
Christophe
strike
up a
friendship,
as
the
former
is
increasingly
impressed
with
the
latter's
street
smarts
and
good
judgment,
but
when
Audrey
Varela
(Louise
Bourgoin),
a
gorgeous
woman
nearly
half
Bertrand's
age,
begins
throwing
herself
at
him,
Christophe
has
a
hard
time
convincing
his
client
that
something
is
clearly
not
right.
La
Fille
de
Monaco
(aka
The
Girl
From
Monaco)
received
its
North
American
premiere
at
the
2008
Toronto
Film
Festival.
-
Mark
Deming,
All
Movie
Guide
2006
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