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'Monte Carlo the Movie' to premiere at the YCM
2011-10-03 11:50
What:
Cinéma des Couleurs presents 'Monte Carlo'
When: 7.30pm Thursday 6 October 2011
Where:
Yacht Club de Monaco
Dress: Casual and colourful
Tickets €120
Reservations: Christina da Luz +377 93 10 63 02 or
chrisdaluz@yacht-club-monaco.mc
The
Yacht Club is to host the local premiere of
'Monte Carlo', the new teen comedy set and filmed here in Monaco. This is a charity event, and all profits will be donated to the
'Paint a Smile'
Foundation to help decorate the paediatric ward at the Princess Grace
Hospital in Monaco.
With drinks, food and music before and after the film, this is great entertainment for you and your family and the money is going to a really worthwhile cause.
'Monte Carlo' the movie
Loosely based on Jules Bass's novel
'Headhunters', this film is a fun-filled comedy, and great viewing for kids, as Justin Bieber's real-life girlfriend
Selena Gomez takes the lead in a whirlwind of glamour that pits Paris against Monaco as the capital of Romance.
The story involves a double fantasy: Grace saves up to go on the trip of
a lifetime to the French capital with her stepsister and best friend,
but their holiday turns out to be something of a disappointment: shoddy
hotel accommodation and a really dire package tour are not what teen dreams are
supposed to be made of. Where's all the ritz and glitz? The answer is - much closer than the girls think...
Their adventures start when Grace is mistaken for British heiress and party-girl
Cordelia Winthrop-Scott. And before she and her friends get the chance to
reveal their true identities it's too late: the private plane to
Monte Carlo is booked and the girls are on their way to a world of endless champagne and polo!
Originally planned as an adult comedy with Nicole Kidman, this
substantial rewrite, with Gomez in the lead, is an inspired change of
tack: the Cinderella story is just so much better with kids! And the
movie will attract a slew of attention because of the teen celeb status
of its young actors.
As well as Selena, the film also stars Katie Cassidy, Leighton Meester,
and Glee's Cory Monteith. Gomez, now 19, had to perfect a cut-glass
English accent - as well as actually learning to play the game of kings -
experiences which will no doubt stand her in good stead when she books
into the
Hôtel de Paris for real.