'Lend me your hand') or Rent a Wife (international working title), is a 2006 French romantic comedy film directed by Éric Lartigau, based on an original idea by Alain Chabat.
It is Chabat and Gainsbourg's third collaboration, after Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (2004) and The Science of Sleep (2006).
Director Éric Lartigau asked him to play the role of Luis so he rewrote the character as an older man.
Released on November 1, 2006, in France, the film went straight to #1 at the box office, grossing over a million tickets.
[8] It eventually sold just over 3.5 million tickets, making it the second most successful film of 2007 at the French box office.