Jet Set (film)

Jet Set is a 2000 French comedy film, directed by Fabien Onteniente. A sequel, People, was released in 2004.

Jet Set
Film poster
Directed by	Fabien Onteniente
Written by	Caroline Saillo
Screenplay by	Fabien Onteniente Bruno Solo Emmanuel de Brantes Olivier Chavarot
Produced by	Eric Altmayer Nicolas Altmayer Javier Castro
Starring	Bruno Solo Samuel Le Bihan Lambert Wilson Ornella Muti
Cinematography	Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Nathalie Hubert
Music by	Loïc Dury Christophe Minck
Production company	Mandarin Production
Distributed by	BAC Films
Release date	14 June 2000 (2000-06-14) (France)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€5.6 million
Box office	US$14.3 million[1]

Plot

Jimmy (Bruno Solo), desperate to save his suburban bar from bankruptcy, conceives a plan to attract the "jet set", the rich and glamorous celebrities of France. He sends his friend Mike (Samuel Le Bihan), a down-at-heel unemployed actor, to infiltrate French high society and garner contacts with prestigious personalities to invite. Hijinks ensue.

Cast

• Samuel Le Bihan as Mickaël Gonzalvez aka « Mike »
• Lambert Wilson as Artus de Poulignac
• Ornella Muti as Camilla
• Ariadna Gil as Andréa
• Bruno Solo as Jimmy
• José Garcia as Mellor de Silva
• Aurore Clément as Nicole
• Estelle Larrivaz as Lydia
• Lorànt Deutsch as Fifi
• Elli Medeiros as Danielle Joubert
• Antoinette Moya as M^me Gonzalvez
• Guillaume Gallienne as Evrard Sainte Croix
• Armelle as Frénégonde
• Valérie Benguigui as The Baroness
• Adel Kachermi as Himself

Reception

The film sold well at the Cannes Film Festival. It opened on almost 500 screens in France and debuted at number one with 428,000 admissions in its opening week.^[2]