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| Director: | Josiane Balasko | ||||||||
| Screenplay: | Josiane Balasko
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| Cinematography: | Robert Alazraki | ||||||||
| Music: | Kore | ||||||||
| Distributor: | Gaumont | ||||||||
| Runtime: | 104 minutes | ||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||
| Language: | French | ||||||||
| Budget: | $8.4 million | ||||||||
| Gross: | $6 million[1] | ||||||||
A French Gigolo (French: '''Cliente''') is a 2008 French comedy-drama film directed by Josiane Balasko and starring Nathalie Baye, Éric Caravaca, Isabelle Carré and Balasko.
Patrick is a male prostitute who hides his double life from his wife. When she finds out about his extramarital activities by answering his phone, she decides she will catch him in a hotel room with a client. At first offended by the behavior of her husband, she soon asks him to continue to be a male escort to help pay the bills. Patrick meets a female client, Judith, with whom they live out a complicated love story.
A French Gigolo premiered at the Rome Film Festival in October 2008. The film was also screened at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.