Father Lebonnard, a former watchmaker who made a fortune, remains simple while his wife is only dreaming of worldly affairs and pushes his son Freddy to marry Bianca, the daughter of the Marquis de Rocafort, their neighbor. She feeds a similar project for her daughter Mariella.
Costume
Glorious 1930s bourgeois fashion—every hat is a personality statement.
Acting
Ruggero Ruggeri's understated watchmaker dignity steals every scene.
Director
Jean de Limur
Ruggero Ruggeri
Le père Antonio Lebonnard
Madeleine Sologne
Mariella
Jean Murat
Le docteur Andréalaud
Jeanne Provost
La signora Lebonnard
Hélène Perdrière
Bianca di Roccaforte
Charles Dechamps
Le comte Majori
Pierre Brasseur
Alfredo Lebonnard
Sylvain Itkine
Le marquis de Rocaforte
Robert Seller
Grignolino
Fedele Gentile
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1939 French-Italian co-production captures the final gasp of pre-war European class anxiety, with nobility already becoming costume jewelry.
Director Jean de Limur fled to Hollywood shortly after—this was among his last European films before the Nazi invasion changed everything.
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