
A French Gigolo
France, 2008 | 102 min. | Dir. Josiane Balasko
A handsome young Frenchman secretly turns tricks to support his wife’s new business enterprise, a hair salon. Several of his clients are shown: They’re all extremely chic, very rich, completely attractive older women. Dan Savage says that while this is definitely fantasy material, European culture is such that these arrangements do exist. C’est incroyable! This glossy film centers on the emotional ménage-a-trois that develops among the gigolo, the wife, and one chic/rich/attractive client. No physical ménage-a-trois is depicted; in fact, the sex is strictly PG.