City of Lights, City of Angels: French Film in Los Angeles
COLCOA's opening gala on Monday night featured Francis Veber’s The Valet. While I won’t be able to comment on the food, wine or some cool encounters I could have had, as I got there an hour too late because of some excess baggage — by that I mean "guests" of mine who kinda invited themselves to come along and will now be added to my notorious do-not-invite-black-list — , the festival was introduced by a few significant personalities, from great director Michael Mann to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Followed by several tedious speeches, which left yours truly with enough time to go out for cigarettes and chit-chas and come back just in time for The Valet, an amusing, cute but fairly weak and lazy entry in Veber’s filmography— compared to his major works, this one definitely had a TV-movie feel. Veber and his star were there for a Q&A, and their French wit certainly provided more entertainment than the dull self-important questions from the audience.
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