Direction
Sturges' last film, his singular rhythm intact but oceans away.
Writing
Wit that bounces between English reserve and French abandon.

Director
Preston Sturges
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sturges directed this in France after his Hollywood career collapsed, making it his only non-American film and final feature before his 1959 death.
The film adapts a popular French novel by Paul Vandenberghe, but Sturges' trademark overlapping dialogue and comic timing clash fascinatingly with European sensibilities.
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