As the precedent user has already pointed out,this is not Simenonesque,even to the slightest extent;directed by Jean Dreville,Decoin's screenplay looks like his own little (charming ) comedies he made with then-wife Darrieux.
Unfortunately,the script is never really exciting and the lines lack madness ,poetry or wit ;sorry it cannot hold a candle to Guitry;and the actresses are not very exciting either:perhaps with Danielle Darrieux and the wonderful Betty Stockfeld (in "le President Haudecoeur " she almost stole the show from Harry Baur) as the American ,the movie would have been more appealing .Perhaps:not sure for the story is too derivative.
The American woman is a gentle femme fatale :men flutter around her like moths around the flame ;maybe she is to blame for in 1942,the Continental firm did not like the Americans .That's what we can call sweet propaganda!
Unfortunately,the script is never really exciting and the lines lack madness ,poetry or wit ;sorry it cannot hold a candle to Guitry;and the actresses are not very exciting either:perhaps with Danielle Darrieux and the wonderful Betty Stockfeld (in "le President Haudecoeur " she almost stole the show from Harry Baur) as the American ,the movie would have been more appealing .Perhaps:not sure for the story is too derivative.
The American woman is a gentle femme fatale :men flutter around her like moths around the flame ;maybe she is to blame for in 1942,the Continental firm did not like the Americans .That's what we can call sweet propaganda!
