A maid pretending to be a boss? Only in '60s France could infidelity get this architecturally weird.
Olivier and Françoise, newlyweds, have Chantal at their service, whose main function is to pretend to be his boss, while she takes care of the housework. But Olivier is suddenly tempted by an extramarital affair with a young Italian woman, Frédérique. Pretending a business trip, he sends his wife and maid to their respective mothers, intending to bring Frédérique to his home...
Writing
Rube Goldberg plotting of domestic deception.
Acting
Gisèle Braunberger's deadpan maid-as-boss absurdity.
Director
Bernard Toublanc-Michel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released smack in the middle of France's sexual revolution, this captures the anxiety of changing marital norms through pure farce.
Director Bernard Toublanc-Michel made exactly three features and vanished—this middle child of obscurity.
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