THE comedy “The Girl From Monaco” revolves around Bertrand — a dignified Parisian lawyer summoned to the fairy-tale land of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier to defend a rich, older woman accused of murder.
He would seem to have everything he could want: a 24-hour bodyguard and two women who want to get inside his well-pressed trousers. Trouble is, he wants no part of any of them.
The hunky bodyguard, Christoph (Roschdy Zem), was hired by Bertrand’s client, the wealthy son of the murder defendant, even though the lawyer never asked for protection — and doesn’t want it.
One of the women is a former lover from Paris who arrives unexpectedly (she leaves just as unexpectedly) at Bertrand’s hotel room and announces that she has abandoned her husband, then jumps into the lawyer’s bed in sexy black lingerie.
Bertrand isn’t any more interested in her than he is in Audrey, a sexy TV weathergirl who wants something more out of life and thinks Bertrand (Fabrice Luchini) has the money and connections to help her.
Audrey is portrayed by sexpot Louise Bourgoin, a real-life TV weatherperson-turned-actress.
“The Girl From Monaco” may be momentarily entertaining, but don’t expect anything profound from the lightweight saga, written and directed by Anne Fontaine, as it wends its way to its contrived, TV-movie conclusion.
It is to be hoped that Fontaine’s next film, the buzzed-about biopic “Coco Before Chanel,” with Audrey Tatou, has more going for it.
THE GIRL FROM MONACO In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 95 minutes. Rated R (sex, nudity). At the Angelika, the Beekman and the Lincoln Plaza.