Director : Francis Veber
Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Gad Elmaleh, Virginie Ledoyen, Alice Taglioni, Richard Berry, Dany Boon, Michel Jonasz, Michel Aumont, Laurent Gamelon, Patrick Mille, Michèle Garcia, Philippe Magnan, Jean-Yves Chilot, Irina Ninova, Philippe Béglia, Noémie Lenoir, Sandra Reno, Jean-Pol Brissart, Philippe Brigaud, Alexandre Brik, Thierry Humbert, Paulette Frantz, Thierry Nenez, Nathalie Grandhomme, Emilie Deville
Feature film, Fiction , Comedy
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
French release : 3/29/06
Running time : 1h 25mn
Current status : Released
Official website : www.ladoublure-lefilm.com/
Associate production company : Gaumont
Co-production : Film Kairos, EFVE Films, TF1 Films Production
French distribution : Sony Pictures Releasing France (ex-Columbia TriStar Films)
Film export : Gaumont

Caught on camera by a paparazzi with his mistress Eléna, a stunning top model, millionaire Pierre Levasseur attempts to avoid a messy divorce by inventing an outrageous lie. He makes use of a passerby’s presence in the photo, claiming that it is he, François Pignon, who is with Eléna. Pignon, a valet, is a humble, simple guy. To make his lie hold, Levasseur is obliged to send the too-beautiful Eléna to live with Pignon. Eléna living in Pignon’s house is like a bird of paradise in a canary cage – and the catalyst of many an adventure.

> Budapest - French Film Festival - 2007 :
> City of Lights, City of Angels (Col-Coa) - Los Angeles - 2006 :
> Copenhagen - International Film Festival - 2006 :
> Mexico City - Franco-Mexican Film Festival - 2007 :
> Moscow - International Film Festival - 2006 :
> New York - Rendez-vous with French Cinema Today - 2007 :
> Seattle International Film Festival - 2006 :