Julietta Valendor is in love with lawyer André Landrecourt. He is unaware of her feelings. He puts her up one day when he has his fiancée, Rosie, staying with him... Based on a novel of Louise de Vilmorin.
Acting
Jeanne Moreau's Rosie — sharp, knowing, devastatingly funny
Costume
Mid-century French elegance that makes you want to time travel
Writing
Louise de Vilmorin's dialogue sparkles with aristocratic wit
Director
Marc Allégret
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures the tail end of the 'prix de beauté' era — Dany Robin was literally Miss France 1953, cast here while her fame peaked.
Jean Marais and director Marc Allégret were longtime collaborators; this was one of their lighter outings after darker wartime films.
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