The Chateau
91 minutes, 2001 (Feature)
Written and Directed by Jesse Peretz ’86; starring Paul Rudd
PANELIST
Screening:
Saturday, 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
When
two American brothers, Graham and Allen Granville, learn that they have
inherited a chateau in France, they cannot believe their luck. However, when
they arrive, the brothers find themselves completely ill-equipped to
communicate with the chateau's staff (even with the help of a pocket
dictionary). With no hope of paying off the chateau's enormous debt, the pair
are forced to sell the chateau, leaving a bewildered staff resorting to
desperate and hilarious measures to keep their home. Through a series of
comedic misunderstandings, the film's stars not only uncover they're not as
distant from the staff as they might think, they also discover something about
the importance of family. (Source: imdb.com)
Jesse Peretz '86 , former bass player for the Lemonheads, is a writer and
director of numerous music videos (Foo Fighters, Jack Black),
commercials (Nike, Ikea, the Gap, and Sony PlayStation), and three
feature films, including The Ex, starring Zach Braff and The Chateau, starring Paul Rudd.
