Let's not forget that this movie is a wonderful retelling of Victor Hugo's social drama "Ruy Blas", featuring social themes he used in other fictions - Montand uses the beginning of Ruy Blas' long speech, "Bon appétit, messieurs" at one time. But this retelling is madxe for laughs and succeeds without forgetting the social comments and, if crude at times, it actually works. A classic of its times - but try Hugo's writings, you IMDB folks, you might be surprised by his power and before-his-time awareness and c
Review of Delusions of Grandeur
