Now Gisèle Bourjeon is the mistress of the count Hubert Martin de Kardec.After a long journey abroad Henri Lévrier, a champagne producer has come back and meets again his friends Hubert and the Bourjeon family.And surprise, Henri doesn't drink alcohol anymore.He says Gisèle that he was drinking because he loved very much.Henri and Gisèle feel well together and become lovers.
Acting
Fernandel's hangdog charm carries this whole affair.
Direction
Jean Boyer's breezy touch keeps the love triangle fizzy.
Director
Jean Boyer
Fernandel
Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
Pierre Dux
Le comte Hubert Martin de Kardec, le concubin de Gisèle
Béatrice Bretty
Mme Bourjeon, la mère
Simone Valère
Gisèle Bourjeon, la concubine du comte et maîtresse d'Henri
Évelyne Dandry
Yvonne Bourjeon
Charles Bouillaud
Jean, le domestique des Bourjeon
Mag-Avril
La générale
Lona Rita
Lulu
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Tante Aline Tremplin
Michel Garland
Jack
Charles Bayard
Le général (uncredited)
Georges Demas
Un badaud lors de l'accident (uncredited)
Robert Destain
Le maire (uncredited)
Charles Lemontier
Le professeur Duvernier (uncredited)
Maurice Magalon
Un badaud lors de l'accident (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fernandel was France's biggest box office star of the 1950s, making even mediocre scripts watchable through sheer expressive eyebrows. This was one of four films he released in 1958 alone.
The 'concubinage' arrangement was still socially recognizable in 1950s French bourgeois circles—Gisèle's official status as 'maîtresse' rather than wife would've read as scandalous but tolerated to contemporary audiences.
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