Heartbreaker

Release date: 2 July 2010

Director: Pascal Chaumeil

Starring: Julie Ferrier, Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Andrew Lincoln

A professional heartbreaker meets his match in this action-packed romantic comedy.

Alex (Romain Duris) is charming, funny, effortlessly cool and irresistible to women. With his resourceful sister Melanie (Julie Ferrier) and her eccentric husband Marc (Francois Damiens), Alex offers a professional service using his considerable skills to break up relationships. Juliette (Vanessa Paradis) is a young, beautiful, free-spirited heiress with a word-perfect knowledge of 'Dirty Dancing'. In ten days' time she's due to marry Jonathan (Andrew Lincoln), the man of her dreams - which is why her disapproving father brings in Alex and the team. But this time Alex has met his match, as he's thrown into an action-filled race against time. From the sun-drenched streets of Paris to the fast cars and high fashion of Monaco, Alex embarks on a 'mission impossible' of a seduction that risks him being caught by his ruthless personal creditors, an army of angry exes, and Juliette herself.

Screenplay: Laurent Zeitoun, Jeremy Doner, Yoann Gromb

Distributor: Revolver

You should see it because: Already a record-breaking hit in France, it's a sexy, fast-paced romantic comedy romp.

See it if you liked: Hitch (2005), Priceless (2006), The Ugly Truth (2009)