The Girl From Monaco

The Girl from Monaco is an interesting film. It is directed by Anne Fontaine - a director who I am somewhat familiar with.

Bertrand Beauvois (Fabrice Luchini) is a well known French defense attorney who is summoned to Monaco to defend a woman who is accused of murdering her younger lover.
Bertrand is quite straight laced and does not have an easy time with women. Because the case is high profile he is assigned a bodyguard named Christophe (Roschdy Zem) who watches his every move.

Things are going smoothly enough when Bertrand catches a young, pretty weather woman on television. He soon meets Audrey (Louise Bourgoin) and becomes infatuated. And she takes a liking to him as well (despite their big age difference). Things get more complicated when Bertrand finds out that Christophe and Audrey used to be lovers.

I won't say much about the plot because I don't want to give anything away. There is a mixture of comedy and drama and a few twists to keep things interesting. Things are not what they seem to be.

I thought all of the acting was good and I really liked Luchini and Zem. And the locations are beautiful.

The Girl from Monaco is not a great film but it is a good enough one for me to recommend. It held by attention and when the film ended there were things my friend and wanted to discuss. And that makes for a film that I like and recommend.