A French Gigolo
# A French Gigolo

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.

## Plot

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.

## Cast

* Nathalie Baye as Judith
* Éric Caravaca as Marco
* Isabelle Carré as Fanny
* Josiane Balasko as Irène
* Catherine Hiegel as Maggy
* Marilou Berry as Karine
* Félicité Wouassi [fr] as Rosalie
* George Aguilar as Jim
* Sandrine Le Berre [fr] as Bérénice
* David Rousseau as Alex
* Guillaume Verdier [fr] as Zoltan
* Jean-Christophe Folly [fr] as Toutoune
* Richard Berry as Lucas
* Maria Schneider as Marie-Hélène
* Arnaud Valois as Sylvain
* Cécile Breccia as Elodie
* Guillaume Nicloux as Jean-Louis
* Rudy Berry as Jonathan
* Gérard Krawczyk as the bar's patron

## Development

A French Gigolo premiered at the Rome Film Festival in October 2008. The film was also screened at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.

