Pierre is timid while his wife is ambitious and suffers from his mediocrity. She pawns everything she owns, rents a sumptuous apartment in a palace, and through bluffing, Pierre is appointed director of a perfume factory and the enterprising Arlette sees all her desires come true.
Acting
Renée Devillers commands every frame as the scheming wife.
Costume
Arlette's transformation wardrobe sells the con.
Writing
Sharp dialogue on gender expectations still lands today.
Director
Max de Vaucorbeil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code French cinema loved ambitious women who outsmarted men; the Hays Code killed this energy in Hollywood.
Director Max de Vaucorbeil made only a handful of films; this surviving comedy hints at a career cut short by obscurity.
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