A serial seducer meets his match—and actually catches feelings. Chaos ensues.
Désiré is a fine servant and butler who regularly seduces the ladies of the house where he works, but then he moves on. This time he is working for Odette, the mistress of the minister of Posts and he is living a new situation. He has fallen in love with with Odette.
Acting
Belmondo's aging rogue charm—still smoldering, slightly ridiculous.
Costume
Impeccable butler livery vs. ministerial decadence.
Director
Bernard Murat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Belmondo's return to comedy after years of action roles, and he reportedly insisted on doing his own pratfalls at 63.
The film adapts a 1937 Sacha Guitry play, but swaps the original's sharp class satire for softer 90s rom-com sensibilities—purists were not amused.
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