A 1969 French comedy where home renovation becomes marital demolition.
Acting
Darrieux weaponizes charm as a wife scheming against her husband.
Direction
Girault's muscular farce staging—doors slam, dignity crumbles.
Director
Jean Girault
Danielle Darrieux
Lorette Boiselier
Jean Richard
Bertrand Boiselier
Xavier Gélin
Gérard
Jacqueline Coué
Martine Boiselier
Guy Tréjan
The customer
Denise Grey
Baroness de Bocquigny
Laurence Badie
Marthe
Serge Marquand
The mole-catcher
Bernard Tiphaine
Louis-Philippe de Moncontour
Maria Pacôme
Véronique
Robert Rollis
A painter
Alain Fourès
Maxime Garnier
Yves Barsacq
Langlois
André Luguet
Baron de Bocquigny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Girault directed over 30 films in 20 years; this was peak French mainstream comedy factory output, Danielle Darrieux's rare comic turn late in her career.
Xavier Gélin (Gérard) was son of legendary actor Daniel Gélin; the collapsing house set was reportedly so unstable actors genuinely feared injury.
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