Germain, a great seducer, collects the mistresses. There are four, all brown, and all married. When the husband of one of them disembarks to threaten him with death, he must break up. But with which? The gouailleur Robert Lamoureux interprets this man who does not like to leave women.
Acting
Lamoureux's sweaty cowardice is pure theatrical gold.
Writing
Play-to-film adaptation with doors slamming in your mind.
Director
Pierre Sabbagh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from a boulevard theater hit, this captures the 1970s French taste for sex farces that mocked bourgeois marriage while keeping things utterly respectable.
Director Pierre Sabbagh was primarily a television pioneer; this rare theatrical film feels like a filmed stage play because, essentially, it is.
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