3:01 Pick Me Up: Charlotte Gainsbourg

Let’s face it: 3 p.m. is the cruellest time of the workday. The morning latte has worn off, and the post-lunch crash has you staggering around like an extra from a George A. Romero flick. That’s why, each weekday at 3:01 p.m., we present you with a video hand-picked to kick-start your heart.

Today’s offering: You know what a few days in Paris does to a person? In case the answer is "No", here's what a few days in Paris does: it drives home the reality that everyone in France's grandest city is hotter than you.

That includes the waiters, the cab drivers, the street cleaners, the retail-clothing workers, the baristas, the fishmongers, and the everyday guys and girls who seem to spend every minute of every day sitting in a streetside cafe smoking and drinking coffee.

And it most certainly includes Charlotte Gainsbourg, who might live in London these days, but thanks to her Parisian bloodlines, practically radiates hotness. Thank you Serge Gainsbourg for procreating. And thank you for, like your daughter, being hotter than all of us.