Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her childhood friend Labaule. Warned too late to prevent the ceremony from taking place, Labaule follows the couple on their honeymoon and prevents the consummation of the marriage by repeatedly intruding on the couple's privacy. Put on notice by Paulette's parents to consummate the marriage, Trivelin - who believes himself to be at fault - consults a psychiatrist. The latter advises him to visit a lady of lesser virtue: Gloria. But Gloria's clientele includes Dupont himself - Paulette's father - and Labaule!
Acting
Darry Cowl's desperate physical comedy as the interfering Labaule.
Writing
Sacha Guitry's razor-sharp dialogue, posthumously adapted.
Director
Clément Duhour
Darry Cowl
Désiré Labaule
Pierre Mondy
Alfred Dupont
Jean Poiret
Robert de Trivelin
Jacqueline Maillan
Gladys Dupont
Michèle Girardon
Paulette Dupont
Madeleine Lebeau
Gloria Frontignac
Jean Richard
Marius Frontignac
Michel Serrault
Dr. Emile Couzan
Marie-José Nat
Lise Dupont
Pauline Carton
Mélanie
Raymond Devos
Painter, winner of the Prix de Rome
Maria Vincent
Mariette
Jean Tissier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of several posthumous adaptations of Sacha Guitry's plays; he died in 1957, two years before release.
The 'bedroom farce' genre dominated French cinema in the late 1950s as a playful rebellion against postwar solemnity.
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