The Valet(2006) May 2026

The kind-hearted "everyman" valet whose simple life is turned upside down.

True to director Francis Veber’s style, the film uses a "soufflé-light" touch to mock middle-class and elite social norms. It emphasizes the "odd couple" dynamic between the glamorous Elena and the unassuming Pignon, providing a comedic but eventually heartwarming look at how people of different social classes perceive one another. The Valet(2006)

The story follows François Pignon (played by Daniel Auteuil), a humble and self-effacing parking valet who inadvertently finds himself at the center of a major scandal. After being photographed next to billionaire Pierre Levasseur and his supermodel mistress, Elena (Alice Taglioni), Pignon is hired to pretend he is actually Elena's boyfriend. This elaborate ruse is designed to save Levasseur’s marriage to his suspicious and wealthy wife, Christine (Kristin Scott Thomas). The kind-hearted "everyman" valet whose simple life is